Athens mayor makes stand as sentiment turns against Golden Dawn

Police in the Greek capital Athens stopped the far-right Golden Dawn party from handing out free food only to Greeks on the city's main square Syntagma Square on the 2 May 2013.

Golden Dawn, once a fringe movement, is now Greece's fifth-biggest party and is strongly anti-immigrant.

Riot police used tear gas to prevent activists distributing food from a lorry on Syntagma Square, where the country's parliament is located.

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis says a Golden Dawn MP later tried to assault him for banning the gathering.

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Website: Greek Forum for Refugees http://refugeegr.blogspot.co.uk/

BBC News, 02.05.13: Athens police stop food handout by Greek far right http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22379744

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