Some 60,000 people took to the streets of the Greek capital on Sunday to protest the Macedonian parliament’s decision to ratify a controversial constitutional amendment to rename the former Yugoslav republic.
Sputnik stringer Kostis Dadamis has been taken to hospital after receiving a head injury while covering the rally against the Prespa Agreement, the June 2018 treaty between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia which agreed to rename the latter country as the ‘Republic of North Macedonia’.
Dadamis suffered a blow to the head, and had his camera equipment stolen, Sputnik Greece reported. His attackers’ identities remain unknown.
At least one other photo journalist has been reported injured in the protests, which turned violent as demonstrators clashed with riot police near Greece’s parliament.
Dadamis is in hospital, getting an x-ray on his head to determine the seriousness of his injury. He has been in contact with colleagues, as well as his brother.
Riot police equipped with shields and truncheons launched volleys of tear gas into the crowd as dozens of violent protestors threw rocks, firebombs, paint, and other objects at police and the parliament building.
Source: Sputnik
