More clashes at Thessaloniki university over campus police

Ekathimerini 28 May 2022

Riot police in Thessaloniki, Greece, fired tear gas to disperse crowds attacking them with gasoline bombs and stones late Thursday during a protest against government plans to introduce policing on university campuses, reports Ekathimerini.

About 5,000 members of left-wing and anarchist groups took part in the march through the centre of Thessaloniki, with some smashing shop windows and setting rubbish bins on fire. At least eight people were detained. No injuries were reported.

Earlier in the day, protesters faced off with police at the city’s main state university campus, where unrest has been bubbling for weeks over a left-wing sit-in that was closed down. Officials are trying to build a new library where the squat was, and police are there to guard construction workers from attacks by people angered by the ending of the sit-in.
Full report on the Ekathimerini site

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