Greek citizens in Lesbos take situation there into their own hands, arm themselves
-by John Kountouris | Feb. 26, 2020 | 11:48am, Los Angeles | Find me on Social Media!: Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • LinkedIn • Youtube
According to the Greek site Newsique.gr…
A large number of citizens of Mytilene surrounded the Kiriazi camp, at the entrance of the town, where the MAT men are after returning from the Karava area.
Citizens broke the gate of the camp, lit fires and incidents occurred.
Demonstrators are throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at the Greek police’s camp entrance, and have also built barricades around it.
In the below tweet we read how Greeks trapped Greek police in the camp where they are residing…
Protesters also tried to breach military barracks #Lesvos verging towards civil unrest. See the tweet below…
According to police sources and information coming from GADA (Hellenic Police Attica Headquarters in Athens) alone (there is no confirmation from the island), about 500 protesters have gathered outside the camp and are firing shots into the air.
Also in the Gera area of Lesvos there has been a fresh new invasion of police quarters local hotels. The raiders took their stuff outside and burned it. See the video below …
Already there are reports of the Greek MAT teams (Greek riot police)…WITHDRAWING from Lesbos due to the out-of-control situation there. Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his minister of Public Safetey, Michalis Chrisochoïdis, have already taken the decision to withdraw the MAT teams from Lesbos and Chios due to the extreme situation there.
Below you can see some photos of the clashes…