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Anti-vaxxers clash with police in Athens

Anti-vaxxers clash with police in Athens

Clashes have taken place after an anti-vaxxer rally in Athens’ Syntagma Square on Sunday evening.

At the end of the rally, after the speeches had finished, some youth attacked police with bottles and they reposted with trear gas and flash grenades. Also, a watter cannon was deployed to push protesters away from the square.

Police estimate the protesters at 7-8,000.

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