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Anarchists clash with police in Exarchia for third night in a row

Anarchists clash with police in Exarchia for third night in a row

Self-styled anarchists clashed with police in the broader district of Exarchia on Wednesday, for the third night in a row, in the wake of a court ruling rejecting an appeal for release by a jailed terrorism convict.

Wednesday's upheaval occurred shortly before 10 p.m. when a group of hooded youths hurled Molotov cocktails at a police unit in the area.

About an hour later a group of protesters attacked a unit of riot police officers.

Police briefly detained three people who were subsequently released without charge.

In a separate development, a group of hooded youths vandalized the façade of the building housing the city hall of Zografou and scattered leaflets protesting the recent death of a sanitation worker.

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