Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressed the government’s will to improve conditions in run-down neighbourhoods in Attica during a visit to the City Hall of Fylis and a meeting with Mayor Christos Pappous on Wednesday.
“Strengthening our sense of security in high-crime areas is a critical issue concerning social cohesion, equality and democracy in our country”, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras underlined on Wednesday during the opening of the West Attica Security Police Division’s new building.
A force of 200 police officers will be deployed to patrol the centre of Athens and intervene where needed to avoid incidents, Alternate Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas said on Friday in an interview with private ANT1 TV.
The cybercrime division of the Greek Police (CCD) warned the on Wednesday not to answer cellphone calls or text messages (SMSs) with the prefixes 00387 and 00960, as they are being used by cybercriminals for financial gain.
Police detained a total of 23 people and led to the Athens police headquarters so far during intense clashes between rioters and police around Stournari Street and Charilaou Trikoupi in Exarchia late on Tuesday.