At least 12,000 Greeks marched on the streets of Athens on Saturday celebrating the anniversary of a student anti-junta revolution that took place in 1973, police said.
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Several attendees carried banners with slogans that condemned fascism, imperialism, NATO and US foreign military interventions.
At the same time, Greece's second largest city Thessaloniki was also witnessing a demonstration which gathered over 7,000 attendees.
Riot police everywhere. All peaceful atm but later on violence, vandalism is expected. #athens#17Νοεμβρηpic.twitter.com/BaNlziOk0t
The recent march comes as a move to commemorate the killing of at least 24 people in 1973 during the student revolt at Athens Polytechnic, which opposed the Greek Military Junta. The uprising is largely considered a step that has helped to strip the junta of power and ensured the restoring of democracy.