Hooded men who took part in a LGBTI rally against the homophobic attack against two transgender people in Thessaloniki, disapproved of the president of SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance Stefanos Kasselakis.
The scene of tension occurred when o Stefanos Kasselakis was coming to the Documentary Festival hosted at the “Olympion” cinema to watch Babis Makridis’ documentary Unclickable which is shown as part of the 26th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.
Specifically, a group of masked men arrived at the entrance of the “Olympion” in the center of Thessaloniki and booed Stefanos Kasselakis with the president of SYRIZA managing to get inside the cinema.
The hoodlums called him “trash” and called him an “oppressor”.
A few minutes later, the same group of hooded men attacked the police officer at the entrance to the cinema. Specifically, one of them hit him in the face with the helmet he was holding.
The hooded men managed to grab the policeman’s ration. A rapid intervention vehicle of the EKAB rushed to “Olympion” to provide first aid to the policeman. The injured police officer will be transferred for precautionary reasons to 424 GSNE.
Mr. Kasselakis arrived at the junction of Tsimiski and Aristotelous and walked to Olympian, accompanied by the president of the Parliamentary Group of SYRIZA-PS, Sokratis Famello, the MPs Katerina Notopoulou, Kyriaki Malama, Petro Pappa, the former Spokesperson, Dora Augeri and party officials.
At least 16 arrests, 13 of them against homophobes who attacked the body of the march
Loud and massive protest gathering against homotransphobia on the occasion of Saturday’s homophobic incident is taking place from 19:00 in the afternoon in Aristotelous Square in Thessaloniki. Arrests and arrests also took place yesterday.
The attack on Saturday night with the victims of two members of the LGBTI community, shook the democratic and anti-fascist people of Thessaloniki who participated en masse in the march. Attacks like this and especially by young – mostly – children show the magnitude of the problem and the homophobic perceptions that exist to a certain extent in society. Students, members of the LGBTI community and collectives participate en masse in the demonstration.
Tensions flared during the rally with a group of people attempting to attack the protesters. The Police made 16 arrests.
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