Constantinos Barbarousis, the deputy of the neo-nazi political group Golden Dawn has been implicated in the violent beating of an off-duty police officer over a traffic violation, according to eyewitness reports published by ekathimerini.com.
The incident took place on Friday at a coffee shop in the village of Fiteies in the Aetoloacarnania region in central Greece.
Barbarous was not alone in committing the alleged crime as at least three other men and one of his relatives were also implicated.
The off-duty cop was in the coffee shop when Barbarous and the four other men “barged into the shop and attacked the victim using clubs, brass knuckles and bats,” ekathimerini.com reported.
The police officer’s injuries to his head required stitches. As of late Monday no arrests had been made but and official investigation by the police was underway.
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