CLASHES AT GREEK PROTEST
InCyprus
April 24 2013
THESSALONIKI – Police in Greece’s second-largest city have used
pepper spray to disperse protesters at annual rally to protest the
mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey nearly a century ago.
About 250 protesters, mostly from Greek-Armenian groups, gathered
Wednesday outside the Turkish consulate in the northern city of
Thessaloniki.
A number of protesters challenged a riot police cordon, demanding
permission to hand a protest petition to consulate staff.
About 20 countries worldwide including Greece, as well as the European
Parliament, recognize the mass killings as an act of genocide,
despite strong objections from Turkey.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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