Episodes, arrests and arrests surrounded the 10-year anniversary of the murder of the two members of Golden Dawn, Manolis Kapelonis and Giorgos Fountoulis, in the area of ​​Neos Heraklion.

Despite the police-ordered ban on all public outdoor gatherings, incidents occurred in various places in Attica. In its latest update late on Wednesday night, the police state that in the last two 24 hours a total of 13 people were arrested, 60 were brought in while 21 people were subject to the measure of administrative deportation.

The announcement of EL.AS.

Regarding the gatherings and counter-gatherings that took place yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, November 1, 2023, in areas of Athens, on the occasion of commemoration of the two people who were fatally injured in New Heraklion 10 years ago, the Hellenic Police Headquarters clarifies the following:

â–ª Despite the decision to ban public outdoor gatherings by the General Police Directorate of Attica (related from 25-10-2023 announcement), in the afternoon yesterday, gatherings of 500 people took place in Simirioti Square in Nea Ionia, 300 people in Pefkakia and 800 people in Neo Iraklio.

â–ª From the Greek Police, due to information about extensive incidents, extensive preventive measures were taken, with the participation of a large number of police officers from various Services.

â–ª Indicative is the arrest of 21 organized individuals from Italy, at Athens “Eleftherios Venizelos” International Airport, who were allowed to participate in gatherings.

â–ª At the place where the commemorative events took place, no incident took place, while in total two isolated incidents took place in Victoria Square and Monastiraki.

â–ª In Victoria Square, people cut off from the gatherings attacked policemen of the DIAS Team. with boxes, stones and a fire extinguisher, resulting in the slight injury of the police officers and the damage to the two service vehicles.

â–ª In Monastiraki, a fight took place between people inside the ISAP lines, however, with the timely reaction of the police, the incident was contained.

â–ª In total, as of Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 60 people were brought in, of which 13 were arrested for various crimes, while 21 people were subject to administrative deportation.

â–ª At the same time, it is announced that, regarding material reproduced on the internet and concerning the actions of police officers in Victoria Square, an urgent administrative investigation of the incident has been ordered.