Comments on: #37 05:13 Riot cop shot in Eksarhia, Athens; dozens of detentions in the area; house raids have started

By: misery business (acoustic) - paramore | VidMe

misery business (acoustic) - paramore | VidMe — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:57:59 +0000

[...] On the Greek Riots › #37 05:13 Riot cop shot in Eksarhia, Athens … [...]

By: not laughing

not laughing — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:36:23 +0000

@BUAHAHAHAHAS: except, the sentence you “can’t stop laughing” with doesn’t even exist. You might want to read texts closer next time.

What the report says, as I understand it, is that no group would chose to HIDE in Eksarhia directly AFTER the attack, nor any of its members would be active in an OPEN anarchist group with PUBLIC activity. Nothing to laugh about.
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By: BUAHAHAHAHAS

BUAHAHAHAHAS — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:00:23 +0000

“No revolutionary group would choose…”
I can’t stop laughing with this sentence!
I don’t have an opinion about this attack, but this point is ridiculous! Hundreds of clashes and attacks have taken place in Eksarhia in the last 30 years, the Revolutionary Organization November 17th itself fired rockets against a riot police bus before some years, after a 15-year old boy again was shot, that means that November 17th group are/were cops?
These arguments some try to make are ridiculous, maybe something else is behind that?

By: On the Greek Riots › “Was the riot cop shooting orchestrated by the state?”

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:35:47 +0000

[...] translation of a posting on Athens indymedia, the day after a riot cop was shot in Eksarhia, Athens. The text below is important as it seems to reflect a sentiment shared with the [...]

By: Pieter

Pieter — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:39:40 +0000

The Telegraph reports that the agent is in “stable but critical” condition after operations in chest and foot (foot?! someone can confirm that?)

Apparently, they found 40 cartridges. 40 bullets, and only two hits?

One must also note that the weapon used was the same that fired on the police van a couple of weeks back. Then, there were no casualties, but the engine and two tyres were hit. To hit specifically these 3 things is I think a rather difficult thing to do, which takes an experienced gunman and not some young anarchist who never had a gun in his hands before he obtained this weapon god knows where.

By: rojinegro

rojinegro — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:08:39 +0000

i heard that the police officers were in a police van that was attacked by 3 men, is this true?

By: G2000

G2000 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:02:29 +0000

Online media (tvxs.gr) report “preventive arrests” of students in Ptolemaida, too…

By: rojinegro

rojinegro — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:56:35 +0000

shots on “the thigh and near the shoulder”… i dont want to sound like a conspiracy freak but that sounds really suspicious since those are probably some of the only body parts where bullet wounds are not life threatening at all

ill wait to see the development of this but i wouldnt exclude a set up to give police an argument to do mass arrests

By: Leonidas

Leonidas — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:33:19 +0000

Maybe it is time for the students to issue a strong condemnation on this attack.

By: G2000

G2000 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:25:46 +0000

Apparently there are dozens of house raids and “preventive” arrests. From my flat, I can hear also the police helicopter, which is usually present during demos – although there no reports of any demo at all…