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Police in downtown Exarchia on alert after attack on riot unit

Police in downtown Exarchia on alert after attack on riot unit

Police in the downtown Athens neighborhood of Exarchia are on standby following clashes with self-styled anarchists in the early hours of Saturday.

According to police, a group of around 40 people emerged from the Athens Law School at around 4.30 a.m on Saturday and set fire to dumpsters, torched a car and vandalized other parked vehicles.

About two hours later, a group of hooded youths attacked a riot police unit on Harilaou Trikoupi Street, pelting them with stones.

There were no reports of injuries, and no arrests. 

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