Greek authorities say three people were arrested and two policemen injured as residents opposing a new landfill clashed with police in a town near Athens.
Police say the violence started Tuesday when a crowd threw molotov
cocktails and stones at Keratea's police station to protest the detention of a local man suspected of involvement in previous clashes.
cocktails and stones at Keratea's police station to protest the detention of a local man suspected of involvement in previous clashes.
Police responded with tear gas.
Residents of the town, some 40 kilometers southeast of Athens, have clashed repeatedly over the past two months with riot police guarding the site of the planned rubbish dump. They say it will destroy an important archaeological site and pollute the local water table.
Greece is under pressure from the European Union to improve its rubbish disposal policy.
source: AP
