Violent attack on immigrants by a group of 40 offenders

Alert DateAugust 15, 2011 Country: Greece Address: Neos Kosmos General Type: Racist violence, Racist discourse Racism and discrimination phenomena: Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Daily life

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Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin Armenian, Iraqi, Syrian
Victims Gender Male
Victims Age N/A
Victims Number 4
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Greek
Perpetrator Gender Male
Perpetrator Age 18-25
Perpetrators Number 40
Extremist/Organised Group Violence Yes

4 immigrants were the victims of an attack from a group of 40 offenders. The latter were shouting "Foreigners will die" while they were leaving the place.
As reported in tvxs.gr by Thanassis Kourkoulas of the Movement "Expel Racism", approximately 40 offenders, aged 17-25 years, with covered faces and holding knives and bats, attacked an Armenian, two Syrians and an Iraqi immigrant, as they were leaving the cafe of the latter in Neos Kosmos, Athens.
They hit them on the head, face and body and then robbed two of them of their cell phones and destroyed the bike of the Iraqi owner of the cafe.
Police came to the point half an hour after the incident, after the assailants had fled. The victims noted that before the attack policemen with bikes were present in a near street.
The migrants were transferred to Koukaki police department and then to the hospital to provide them with first aid. They also complain that the police forced one of the victims to erase from his cell phone a video showing the victims to bleed.

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