Greece: Clashes break out at anti-fascist protest after stabbing attributed to far right party
ATHENS, Greece — Clashes have broken out between riot police and protesters holding an anti-fascist demonstration near the site of a fatal stabbing attributed to the extremist right-wing party, Golden Dawn.
Police raided the offices of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party Wednesday after a man who identified himself as a party member was arrested in the fatal stabbing of a 34-year-old musician described as an anti-fascist activist.
While the party has often been blamed for numerous violent attacks in the past, the overnight stabbing is the most serious instance of violence directly attributed to a member of the extremist group so far.
"Golden Dawn's openly xenophobic, neo-Nazi hatred even goes as far as murdering political opponents. This is shocking and intolerable by any standards, and more so in a European Union country," said Hannes Swoboda, an Austrian and president of the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament.
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Golden Dawn makes little effort to hide their violent nature. The quick action of the left is a good sign for the future.
