Stop racist attacks in Greece

An Iraqi immigrant was attacked and fatally injured on the street in Athens on Sunday. The police are searching for five suspects, but refuse to comment on whether the culprits could belong to the extreme-right party Chrysi Avgi. The news portal Protagon demands that the police finally take action against racist attacks and investigate cases of sympathisers with the far right in their own ranks: "Many democratically-minded citizens associate the inefficiency of the police in fighting racist crimes with the ties of some police officers to right-wing extremist groups and fascist ideas. ... Will we allow Neonazis and a couple of idiots to turn our society into a jungle? Or will democracy finally make its presence felt and severely punish those who attempt to take the law into their own hands? For this to happen the Greek police must be politically neutral and more sensitive to migrants. ... If that is too much to ask of our police, the state must look for other officers who want - and are able - to do just that."

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