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Wanneer: 31/03/2014 - 09:32

At night March 21, 2014 , a group of about 30 armed and hooded individuals entered the central square of Exarchia , heading towards one of the bars. There, men imposed bags on the heads of two guests , putting them out of the premises and leaving the area.

The media and the police had a few days to speculation before at Athens Indymedia released a message explaining the situation. We learn from him that the attackers were local anarchists , and abducted this influential dealers of Albanian origin.

The authors refer to a " political intervention ", the aim of which was to " send a clear message ." With further fragments the statement we learn about what exactly the message mean :

"From now on , hostile behavior towards politically active patrons of the area , residents, meeting places will no longer be tolerated. Do not leave the historic district of Exarchia at the mercy of various sorts of gangsters. "

Greek police similarly interprets these events, claiming that they are the result of the ongoing conflict between the anarchists and the Albanian mafia , which controls a large part of the drug trade in Athens. According to local media , it is not known what happened to the two captives people.