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"I can see migrants are the source of many problems," says Maria Nafpliotou, an employee at a music store in the city centre. "Nobody is happy to see them living around here, but I doubt slaying them is a solution."
She says this as she looks out into Omonia square at a demonstration called last week by a group of far-right organisations going under the name 'Residents committees against the invasion of aliens in our country'.
The hundreds of demonstrators flew the Greek flag, played music by Wagner as did the Nazis once, and sang radical marching tunes. 'Blood, Honour, Golden Dawn' went one slogan, Golden Dawn being the name of the most notorious fascist group in the country. The demonstrators attack foreigners, journalists or just anyone who dared show disapproval of the demonstration.
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