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Pedestrian hit by police motorcycle in central Athens

A woman was hospitalized on Thursday after being hit by a motorcycle-riding police officer who had been on his way to cordon off Stadiou Street for an anti-austerity demonstration at the Labor Ministry.

The woman was hit as she was crossing the road, according to witnesses.

The officer who hit her accompanied her to the hospital.

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