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Police dragging protesters to the ground in AthensDespite police threats against the institution and heavy state surveillance – more than 6,000 riot police were deployed and authorities monitored proceedings by helicopter, making the whole atmosphere very tense – the demo ended peacefully for most people.However, as is often the case with protests in Athens, things didn't stay peaceful for long. I returned to Exarcheia later on Saturday night to discover that police on motorbikes had invaded the demo, broken the windows of a coffee shop, dragged people outside for no apparent reason and sent at least three civilians to hospital with their heads cracked open. The police claim that a minor incident had occurred after a group of protesters began throwing stones at them, but most of the people I spoke to were adamant the police had started the trouble. "They dragged people who were just having coffee, and when I started taking notes of the names of the detained, they threw me down and took my notepad," said one woman.
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