Skirmishes erupted between members of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party and leftist supporters in the western Greek town of Agrinio when a lawmaker from the extremists, Kostas Barbarousis stepped forward to lay a wreath at a Pontian Genocide memorial during a commemoration ceremony.
A number of people had gathered in Ayios Konstantinos to the 94th anniversary of the genocide, including the city mayor and representatives of two Pontian unions, who put a wreath at the memorial. They had asked politicians not to do so.
When it was announced that the ceremony was over, Barbarousis stepped to the front to lay his own wreath but was stopped, precipitating a clash between Golden Dawn, the KKE Communists, and leftist organization members who were attending the ceremony. Police stepped in to break up the fight and two people were detained but were released soon after.
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