A 17-year-old Afghan has been arrested over the case.
Tension in Greece over immigration and a perceived surge in crime has spiked
in recent months, fueled by the country’s economic woes.
Golden Dawn on May 6 picked up over 440,000 votes in general elections and
entered parliament for the first time in Greece’s political history.
The group has pledged to “scrub the country clean” of illegal immigrants.
Patras is a gathering point for thousands of migrants and refugees hoping to
sneak onto Italy-bound ferries.
One of Golden Dawn’s newly-elected deputies was assaulted outside a Patras
television station on Tuesday after giving an interview. One of the
station’s journalists was also hurt in the incident, the Athens News Agency
said.
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