The mayor of Athens, as he warned yesterday while speaking on the Greek channel SKAI, sent on Saturday, August 30, at 4 am, 25 trucks with employees of the municipality of Athens and Units for the Reinstatement of Order (MAT) to remove the tents and banners from Syntagma Square.
According to the police, 4 Greeks, 2 French, a German and a Romanian were arrested, accused of violations concerning the protection of the environment.
A public prosecutor of Athens was asked to conduct research a few days ago to find out whether the setting up of tents caused problems to the environment.
The protesters claimed they would continue to congregate peacefully at Syntagma Square and the rest of the squares around Greece in order to fight for their rights. They also accused the local authorities of coming to the square like thieves at 4 in the morning to destroy the tents and property of the protesters, comparing them to the police during the dictatorship of 1967-1974.
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