The Police launched an operation in three buildings of the “G. Hatzikosta” General Hospital in Ioannina which have been occupied for an extended period of time.

In one of the occupied buildings, the police found and arrested eight squatters (six men and two women), of which five are Bulgarian nationals, two Romanian and one Somali. Charges will brought against them for breaching the peace, causing property damages and illegally entering the country

The police report that they also recovered two hundred banners, eleven flag poles, a number of flags, three gas masks, one knife, clothing and printed material. Two cash registers were also retrieved and confiscated as stolen goods.