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Three years ago on December 6 [2018] we reported from #Athens as heavy clashes occurred between many thousands of police & anti-authoritarians took place on the 10-year anniversary of 15y/o #AlexisGrigoropoulos being killed by Greek police in #Exarcheia: unicornriot.ninja/2018/major-cla…
On December 6, 2008, Alexis Grigoropoulos was with his friends when Epaminondas Korkoneas, a special guard member of the Greek police, fatally shot Alexis. Intense riots ensued for weeks. In his 1st trial, Korkoneas was found guilty of culpable homicide & given a life sentence.
Korkoneas, the ex-special police guard of the Greek police who shot #AlexisGrigoropoulos, had his life sentence overturned in July 2019. An appeals court found him guilty for the murder but reduced his sentence to 13 years. He was released that same day. unicornriot.ninja/2019/life-sent…
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On this day two years ago, December 6, 2018, we reported from Athens, Greece as heavy clashes occurred between thousands of police and black-clad protesters took place on the 10-year anniversary of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos being killed by Greek police in #Exarcheia.
The 2008 police killing of Alexis Grigoropoulos sparked a massive insurrectionary revolt in #Athens with weeks of riots that were the largest in Europe since 1968.

Every December 6, Alexis has been commemorated with a revolting spirit. [Article from 2018]
unicornriot.ninja/2018/athens-pr…
Epamidondas Korkoneas, the ex-special police guard of the Greek police who killed 15 y/o #AlexisGrigoropoulos had his life sentence overturned in July 2019.

Korkoneas was released from prison shortly after. #6dGR unicornriot.ninja/2019/life-sent…
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Eight bullets were fired at K*Vox, the squatted social center in the heart of the #Exarcheia district in #Athens, #Greece.

This attack happened ~3 hours ago, around 3am on Saturday morning.

Those who were inside said nobody was injured.

pics via @kinimatini & @SpDapergolas
Among the many initiatives that utilize the community-created space in the social center, K*Vox houses ADYE, the self-organized patient-centered #healthcare facility serving the greater community in #Exarcheia, #Athens, free of charge.
K*Vox squat, which was shot-at with 8 bullets mere hours ago, is headquarters to the Rouvikonas Anarchist Collective.

Rouvikonas has been striking back at abusive govt power, economic exploitation, & organizing against state repression since 2013.

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