3:00 in the night of June 5, 3 persons were arrested in Palio Faliro, Athens (2 men 22 and 20 years old, and one woman 21) by undercover cops. They are accused for alledgedly attempting to burn up a police car. After their arrest they were tortured for several hours by the cop pigs, and they were taken to a hospital a day after. All three are kept under detention (up to 18 months in prison before any trial).
The two young men are active in the anarchist movement, and according to the police, one of them (22 y.o. unemployed) was identified by some undercover cops buying gas canisters, as he had been arrested in an anti-war riot 2 years ago. The other one (20 y.o. student in Pireaus University) is also an anarchist. They both pled guilty to the prosecutor last Friday, and took responsibility for the action. The girl is a student in the economics university, and seems to have nothing to do with the action. She is in an extremely bad condition as she was beaten and harassed, and she has serious health problems, now faces a nervous breakdown. The two men were also badly beaten (especially in the genitals) and not taken to a hospital until one day later...
All three are currently detained, according to greek laws - put into prison for up to 18 months before the trial...
Home-made gas canister bomb attacks are an often common practice of the anarchist movement in Greece, as some about 5-15 capitalist/police targets are damaged every month, mostly in Athens, Thessaloniki, and sometimes other major cities. The greek minister of public order, expressed a month ago his desire to have at least one "gas canister bomber" arrested and prosecuted. After the dissolution of leftish armed guerrilla groups such as the "November 17", anarchists are on the top of the local "anti-terrorist" agenda.