Five detained in Crete police raid linked to harassment of ND MP

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Five radical were detained aft a constabulary raid connected a squat successful Iraklio, Crete, aboriginal connected Friday, authorities said.

The cognition astatine the “Evangelismos” squat is believed to beryllium linked to a caller harassment incidental involving blimpish lawmaker and erstwhile curate Makis Voridis, who was antecedently associated with the far-right earlier joining Greece’s ruling New Democracy party.

During that incidental connected Saturday evening, astir 20 to 25 self-styled anarchists verbally attacked Voridis and threw eggs astatine him while helium was eating with friends and household astatine a edifice successful the island’s capital. Kathimerini paper reported that constabulary had identified some of those involved.

Friday’s raid was carried retired astatine astir 5.30 a.m. by members of the elite anti-terrorism unit EKAM.

Those detained see three men and two women. The country remains cordoned off.

No further accusation was instantly available.