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Athens coastal avenue closed as students clash with riot police

Athens coastal avenue closed as students clash with riot police

University students clashed with riot police in the southern Athenian suburb of Kavouri on Friday during a protest march that prompted the closure of part of Poseidonos Avenue.

Dozens of students had gathered on the thoroughfare on Friday morning for a rally outside a hotel where the country’s university rectors were holding a meeting.

The clashes started when a small group of students tried to break through the police cordon and force their way into the seaside hotel.

Police had earlier closed off a stretch of the east-bound section of Poseidonos Avenue at the level of Kavouri and diverted traffic into the Vari-Koropi highway, causing major traffic jams in the wider vicinity.

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