Five Arrested After Israelis and Palestinians Clash at Athens' Syntagma Square

Five people—two Israelis and 3 Palestinians—have been arrested pursuing a convulsive clash successful beforehand of the Monument of the Unknown Soldier successful cardinal Athens, Greek constabulary person said.

A transgression lawsuit was filed against the 3 Palestinian men for aggravated bodily harm with a racist motive.

The 29-year-old Israeli antheral faces charges of elemental bodily harm and threats, portion a 30-year-old Israeli pistillate was charged with racially aggravated insult.

An Israeli antheral and 1 of the Palestinian men were injured successful the altercation and required infirmary treatment.

Police seized six flagpoles astatine the country arsenic portion of their probe into the incident.

The confrontation marks different caller illustration of heightened nationalist tensions successful Athens linked to the ongoing struggle successful the Middle East.