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Video: Greece Austerity Protests Teargassed

Written byAsteris Masouras

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Posted 11 March 2013 10:11 GMT

A reportedly peaceful attempt to revive the mass anti-austerity “indignant protests” of 2011 on the evening of March 10 in Syntagma square, Athens, was met with teargas and police brutality, as shown in this video of an arrest, uploaded by Eleftherotypia daily:

Riot police reportedly targeted journalists, as shown in this video uploaded by News247. Photos by Nikolas Georgiou on Demotix also show protesters affected by teargas.

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