The latest high-profile police operation in downtown Athens to end building “squats” targeted two buildings – facing each other – with all of the occupants evacuated identified as third-country nationals, mostly from Syria and Afghanistan, and with the majority being women and minors, naftemporiki.gr reports.
One of the two buildings is a neo-classical structure, the Tositseion School, which dates to the 19th century. It was designed by eminent German architect Ernst Ziller and used up until 2014 as a public school, but later left vacant.
The other property is a narrow, five-story abandoned office building. A total of 269 foreign nationals were located, including 98 minors, many of whom are pre-teens and toddlers. Both properties are situated off central Acharnon Avenue.
The entire group was transported by buses to police command center for identification, prior to being hosted at official migrant/refugee shelters.
Α couple of handguns believed to be replicas and a few rounds of ammunition were also found during the raid.
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