CBC: Greek far-right spokesman assaults rivals on live TV

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In this image taken off a TV screen, Ilias Kasidiaris, spokesman of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party,
assaults Liana Kanelli, a member of the parliament for the Greek Communist Party during a talk show
in Athens on Thursday.

The spokesman for Greece's extremist far-right Golden Dawn party caused an uproar after he physically assaulted two left-wing deputies on live television during a morning political show. A public prosecutor ordered his immediate arrest.

Tempers frayed Thursday on the political show on the private Antenna television station during a discussion of the country's politics in the run-up to repeat elections June 17. Golden Dawn spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris took offence at a reference by radical left Syriza party member Rena Dorou over a court case that is pending against him. ... Kasidiaris, who had served in the Greek military's special forces, hit Kanelli around the face three times, with right-left-right slaps to the sides of her head.

Golden Dawn, which vehemently denies the neo-Nazi label, has been accused of being behind violent attacks against immigrants.

The party won nearly seven per cent of the vote May 6, giving it 21 seats in the 300-member parliament. It was a radical increase from its showing in the previous elections in 2009, when the party had won just 0.31 per cent of the vote.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/06/07/greece-far-right-tv-slap-communist.html

If you believe in violence you believe in violence. The rest of Europe should see what "austerity" is bringing to Greece.

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1. Video here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18352258

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2. More than half of Greek police voted for this neo-Nazi party.