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Clashes erupt during fifth anniversary protest for 'Killah P' in Greece

Tuesday, 18 September 2018 11:00 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 18 September 2018 11:03 PM ]

A flare buens past anti-riot policemen during clashes besides a rally marking the fifth death anniversary of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas killed by a Golden Dawn supporter, in Athens on September 18, 2018. (AFP)

Clashes broke out in Athens on Tuesday during a protest to honor the five-year-anniversary of the assassination of antifa hip-hop artist Pavlos Fyssas.

Protesters take part in a rally marking the fifth death anniversary of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas killed by a Golden Dawn supporter, in Athens on September 18, 2018. (AFP)

Clashes erupted when protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at riot police forces. Police fired tear gas and flash bang grenades to disperse protesters. The mother of the murdered activist Magda Fyssa was seen leading the protest in the streets of Piraeus.

Pavlos Fyssas, who went by the stage name 'Killah P' was murdered on September 18, 2013 in Athens by a member of the ultra-nationalist political party Golden Dawn.