Police Keep Golden Dawn, Anti-Fascists Apart

ATHENS ? Fearful of clashes, Greek police stepped in to make sure that there would be no trouble between some 1,000 supporters of the extremist Golden Dawn party and anti-fascists who were demonstrating near each other in the city on Oct. 26. Golden Dawn backers were protesting the arrest of the party's top leaders on charges of running a criminal gang as the government also moved to cut off the party's state subsidies. Golden Dawn has 18 Members of Parliament and six are being prosecuted, along with several dozen other party members. The extreme-right, anti-immigrant party is under a criminal investigation regarding last month's fatal stabbing of a Greek rap singer.

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