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Rioters burn car, set waste bins on fire at National Polytechnic area in Athens

Rioters burn car, set waste bins on fire at National Polytechnic area in Athens

A group of antiestablishment individuals, who had earlier held a march, were involved in incidents around the National Polytechnic University in Athens late on Thursday (26/02/2015), police said.

Around 300 people who had rallied in central Athens around 6:00 p.m. marched to Parliament, but on Stadiou Street some of them damaged the front window of a bank and broke two store windows as they were returning through Panepistimiou Street.

Followed by riot police, they marched to the Polytechnic and damaged more stores on Stournari Street, adjacent to the academic institution. They also set fire to a car and lit waste bins they had used to block the street with.