Policemen in Athens held a demonstration outside the Attica General Police
Headquarters (Gada) at noon on Wednesday, in memory of two young colleagues of the Dias motorbike squad who were killed during a shootout on Tuesday night. Attica Police Employees Union president Yiannis Makris said that the police have been abandoned by the state, adding that "we are not willing to sacrifice human lives when others are not able to do their jobs properly".
Makris said that the Dias squad policemen lack the proper training and required equipment, and charged that when the incident erupted and calls were made to patrol cars for assistance, there were no patrol cars available because "they were busy guarding soccer club presidents".
Union vice-president Antonis Liakopoulos said the service has tragic shortages.
source: ANA
