A policeman of the “DIAS” motorcycle police ran over a 6-year-old Roma girl in the area of Menidi in NE Athens.
According to eye-witnesses, the girl was run over as she was on the streets singing carols with other children. (In Greece, children sing carols on the eve of the Epiphany day, Jan 6).
The eye-witnesses also claim the policeman dragged the girl along for 150 metres and did not stop to offer any help.
The policeman who killed the girl is based at the nearby police station of Nea Ionia. Around 100 people gathered at the spot of the assassination and attacked the riot police once the news of the girl’s death spread.
Mainstream media reported that the policeman was arrested and set free on bail by a prosecutor general.
In response to the killing and immunity offered to the policeman, an impromptu anarchist demonstration was held in the northern city of Thessaloniki, while an information gathering was held in the city of Larisa and a demonstration was called in the city for 4 pm tomorrow.
It is possible (though yet unconfirmed) that similar actions might be called for other cities – including Athens itself.
The Dutch IMC site is keeping up to date with the story.