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Greece rages: Dimitris Christoulas and Marios Lolos die as racism rises

by | 11th, April 2012

GREECE is bleeding. A 77-year-old retired pharmacist named Dimitris Christoulas committed suicide at Syntagma Square in central Athens. In a suicide note, he claimed the financial crisis in Greece had ‘destroyed’ him. Hundreds attended the ceremony at an Athens cemetery. At a march in Athens to mark his death, a policeman was badly beaten. Also, photographer Marios Lolos, 46, who heads the Greek Photojournalists’ Association and works for the Chinese news agency Xinhua, suffered a skull fracture while covering the protest. Other Greeks are targeting foreigners – not only the Germans who are seen as the enemy. Several political parties have promised to take a tougher line on illegal immigration, ahead of a general election, expected in late April. Greece is the busiest crossing point for illegal immigration in the European Union. It’s getting hot in Greece….

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An immigrant walks past a graffiti-covered wall in central Athens, on Monday, March 26, 2012. Greece's government has said it will build detention centers for illegal immigrants, estimated to number 1.5 million, in a country with a population of 11 million. Debt-crippled Greece is known to be the European Union's main point of entry for illegal immigrants, mostly from Africa and Asia. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)



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