FRANCE 24 NEWS-Greek police arrest leader of extreme-right party

Greek police arrested the leader and the spokesman of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party Saturday on charges of founding a criminal organisation. Dozens of arrest warrants were also issued for other Golden Dawn members and lawmakers.
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Greek police arrested the leader and the spokesman of the far-right Golden Dawn party on Saturday on charges of founding a criminal organisation, and have issued arrest warrants for dozens more party members and lawmakers, police officials said.

Police are investigating the party for links with the killing of an anti-fascist rapper by a self-proclaimed Golden Dawn supporter. The stabbing to death of Pavlos Fissas on Sept. 17 sparked violent protests in the capital of Athens.

“The Secretary General and one lawmaker of the Golden Dawn Party were arrested a short while ago after arrest warrants were issued,” Greek police said in a text message to journalists.

The two men arrested were party’s leader Nikolaos Mihaloliakos and spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris, officials said.

Golden Dawn - Greece’s third most popular party, according to opinion polls - has denied any links to the rapper’s killing and Mihaloliakos has warned it may pull its 18 lawmakers from parliament if the crackdown does not stop.
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