#191 | Innocent passer-by assassinated with 9 bullets in police shoot out; minister promises “heaviest policing Athens has ever seen”

On Tuesday, 16.2 a shoot-out between cops and bank robbers in the neighbourhood of Vironas, Athens saw an innocent passer-by assassinated by the cops: 25-year old migrant worker Nikollas Todi was unfortunate to be at the shooting range of the pigs in uniform. He was executed in cold blood, shot with nine bullets in the back, one going through his head and another one through his heart.

Leuteris Oikonomou, head of the greek police, stated that “nothing went wrong in the operation – simply the 25-year old found himself amidst crossfire”. Trying to supposedly disassociate himself from this provocative statement, Michalis Chrisochoidis (minister of citizen protection) stated that “a crucial battle was won, even if the cost was dear”. Earlier today, Chrisochoidis announced that Athens will see “unprecedented” policing operations after easter.

7 Comments

  1. UK reader wrote:

    just a quick note because I couldn’t see a contact box – but the link to libcom on the side is libcom coverage of the riots. There has been a lot of coverage of events after the riots as well which is here:
    http://libcom.org/tags/greece

    That might be a better link to use

    Keep up the good work!

    Friday, February 19, 2010 at 4:27 pm | Permalink
  2. clicking on “news” helps too.
    btw on german indymedia are every 2,3 days “Gr. Updates …”

    Friday, February 19, 2010 at 5:09 pm | Permalink
  3. katalysis? wrote:

    where did you find the word “katalysis”? the correct translation depends on the phrase it’s used in. or else, find it yourself here: http://www.in.gr/dictionary/lookup.asp?Word=%EA%E1%F4%DC%EB%F5%F3%E7&x=0&y=0

    Friday, February 19, 2010 at 8:50 pm | Permalink
  4. junta! wrote:

    Chrisochoidis has just announced he’ll be permanently deploying 12,000 cops on the streets of Athens and other major cities: “a policeman will be passing by our front-door every 20 minutes”, he proclaimed proudly. Chilling…

    Friday, February 19, 2010 at 9:07 pm | Permalink
  5. papule wrote:

    That’s what they do when they need more money??? Add more cops to fund the government by fining people? I don’t think they’re gonna like it…

    Fuck the state and every organisation that looks like one.

    Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 2:13 am | Permalink
  6. no wrote:

    The social consent has broken since a while, and the only way to pass what they want to pass is to terrorize the population.

    Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 4:04 am | Permalink
  7. they propably need the cops to guard their judges or they need more judges..
    22 YEARS sentence for drinking a raki with “Robin Hood”

    Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 5:54 pm | Permalink

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  2. [...] situé dans la banlieue d’Athènes, pour protester contre l’assassinat par la police de Nicollas Todi, travailleur migrant de 25 ans. A la fin de la manifestation, les flics (police anti-emeutes et des forces spéciales) ont [...]

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