Thousands protest murderous attack against student

Yesterday, December 18, thousands of students from high schools and universities demonstrated towards the parliament despite the heavy rain, protesting the anti-peoples policy and the state repression, and denouncing the murderous attack against a student syndicalist. The demonstration was organized by the Athens Coordination of Secondary School Students, students’ unions and PAME. Similar rallies were held in several cities of Greece.



As we have already informed you, on Wednesday December 17, “unknown” shot against a group of students that participate in the students’ mobilizations in Peristeri. As a result Giorgos Paplomatas, member of KNE and of the 15-member students’ council of his school and son of a cadre of KKE, trade-unionist of PAME and member of the direction of the Teachers’ Federation, was wounded at his hand. The incident took place at 11.15 pm when a group of 12 students met in order to prepare the yesterdays’ demonstration.



The student was taken to the hospital, operated, and does not undergo any danger. The examination of the bullet shows that the shot came either from a “38 Special” or 357 MAGNUM pistols, contrary to the initial claims of the police that spoke of an air-gun. Costas Paplomatas, father of the student and trade-unionist of PAME, speaking to the press after the operation said that the fact is that “a gun aimed at a company of 12 children, at the time that they were discussing their participation in the mobilization of students. These children were members of the 15-member students’ school council of the 1st Lyceum of Peristeri”, he noted that this was “an attempt at assassination set up by obscure circles” and concluded that the only way out lies in the mass struggle of the people.



Yesterday evening the Athens’ organizations of KKE and KNE held a massive demonstration at the center of Peristeri, calling for an immediate militant response to the murderous attack as well as for vigilance and intensification of the struggle against the anti-people’s policy. The secretary of KNE Giannis Protoulis, speaking to the rally denounced the plans aiming to provoke, to intimidate and undermine the mass people’s movement and called for intensification of the organized struggle. “The way out lies in people’s organization and struggle” he underlined.

The press bureau of the KKE commenting on the murderous attack, as well as on the scenery of riots that once more created the “unknown” hooded groups yesterday in the center of Athens noted that “the continuous provocative action of “hooded persons” in the center of Athens affirms the statement of KKE that the repression mechanisms do not lurk only at the official mechanisms and apparatus but also at the hidden structures of the state.”



Today, Friday 19th of December, a new rally took place in the morning in Peristery, organized by the Athens Coordination of Secondary School Students and parents’ associations.

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