Greek police say an officer has been seriously injured after clashes broke out at a protest of some 5,000 people in Athens against police violence.
Reports say clashes broke out today after a group of around 200 masked protesters headed towards the police station in Nea Smyrni, the Athens suburb where Sunday's beating took place. Police said the injured officer had been rushed to hospital, while some protesters had been arrested even before the clashes broke out for possession of Molotov cocktails and iron bars.According to police, around 5,000 people overall had joined the protest against alleged police brutality, some holding banners which read "cops out of our neighbourhoods" and "parks are for laughing, not for hearing the words 'I'm in pain'".