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Police break up crowds outside church in Thessaloniki

Police break up crowds outside church in Thessaloniki

Police intervened on Friday night to break up large groups of people who had gathered at the front of a church in the centre of Thessaloniki, in northern Greece, disregarding a ban on public gatherings due to the pandemic.

Officers in car patrols who arrived at the church of Aghia Sophia shortly after 1 a.m. warned citizens through loudspeakers against overcrowding.

Officers remained in the area until it was eventually emptied.

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