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Scuffles During Anti-vaccers Protests In Thessaloniki Greece
Police force in front of the crowd with water cannon while protesters lighten up flares. Scuffles between protesters against compulsory vaccination and the police took place outside the town hall in Thessaloniki during the opening ceremony of Thessaloniki International Fair with the speech of the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Greece is having a mandatory vaccination for people working in the public healthcare sector. Multiple protests and demonstration took place in Thessaloniki with the city center in a lockdown. On the part of the police, there was a helicopter monitoring the situation with strong force, tear gas chemicals were used, stun grenades and the water cannon but the side of the anti-vaxxers fired Molotov bomb cocktails, fireworks, fire crackers and objects at the police while a fire broke out outside the town hall. Police arrested 15 people for the clashes. Thessaloniki, Greece on September 11, 2021 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)
