Greece commemorates anti-junta revolt under high security ...Middle East

ATHENS: Thousands of police were deployed in Athens on Thursday ahead of the annual demonstration to mark the anniversary of a 1973 student revolt against a US-backed junta, protests that often spark violence.Some 5,700 police will be posted in the capital, backed by drones, a helicopter and water cannon.Much of the city centre will be closed off to traffic and central Athens subway stations will be closed early.The annual protests mark the day in 1973 when at least 24 people were killed at the Athens Polytechnic, when the junta sent troops and police against a pro-democracy student uprising.Most of the unrest occurs in the bohemian Athens district of Exarcheia that is a popular anarchist hi

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