POLICE USE PEPPER SPRAY AT GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION IN GREECE

April 24, 2013 – 19:49 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Tensions broke out between police and demonstrators
in Thessaloniki on Wednesday, April 24 at the annual commemoration
of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey nearly a century ago.

Police used pepper spray to disperse the 250 protesters, mostly from
Greek-Armenian groups, who had gathered outside the Turkish consulate
in the northern city of Thessaloniki.

The incident occurred when a number of protesters challenged a riot
police cordon, demanding permission to hand a protest petition to
consulate staff, AP reported.

From: Baghdasarian