ANTARSYA condemns fascist attack against election campaign offices

Leftist party ANTARSYA has condemned a fascist attack against its election campaign offices in Athens, which took place on Monday the 21^st of April, anniversary of the 1967 military dictatorship’s rise to power.

ANTARSYA’s municipal candidate Petros Konstantinou claimed to have personally received threatening telephone calls on Thursday evening, with the caller threatening “to show you what Golden Dawn can do”.

The attackers smashed the front door of the offices and ripped down anti-fascism posters that were in the building’s lobby. A trail of blood was discovered outside the offices on the 5^th of floor, which the attackers unsuccessfully tried to break into.

ANTARSYA issued a statement where it accused the authorities of encouraging fascist violence and covering up the racist actions and motives of Golden Dawn’s assault squads. ANTARSYA called for mass participation in a demonstration at Gazi, to commemorate the outcome of the Luqman trial.

SYRIZA’s municipal candidate Gabriel Sakellaridis also condemned the attack and noted that it is “proof that fascist groups continue their criminal activities unopposed, openly threatening whomever they do not like”.