Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party found guilty of operating as criminal organisation
The judgement came to a background of clashes between police and anti-fascist demonstrators.
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The judgement came to a background of clashes between police and anti-fascist demonstrators.
Exit polls have placed support for the party at between 35.5% and 39.5%.
The shooting comes just weeks after the indictment of six Golden Dawn lawmakers for their involvement in a “criminal organisation”.
Greek authorities are moving to dismantle Golden Dawn — which has 18 members in the 300-seat parliament — after the shock murder of an anti-fascist musician on September 18.
The party’s leader and a number of other members have been arrested as police get tough after the murder of a leftist musician.
Golden Dawn had filed the lawsuit against left-wing groups accusing them of inciting violence against the neo-Nazi party.
Greek police have arrested two neo-Nazi sympathisers for illegal arms possession and a third person suspected of involvement in an attack that left three Pakistani migrants hospitalised,
A bomb exploded outside an office of the Greek neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn, which has been blamed for recent violent attacks on migrants.
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Golden Dawn is capitalising on protest votes as mainstream parties jostle for support.