Terrorist attack on Proto Thema

The offices of "Proto Thema" received a fascist, terrorist attack by a group of masked men.

Shortly after 8 pm Thursday a handful of helmeted men armed with bats, sledgehammers and hammers approached the newspaper's offices, who had tens of workers at the time and began to engage in blind vandalism. Initially they turned against the vehicles parked on the road and then began to break the glass panels of the entrance of the building and throw black, red and white paint.

Workers at the entrance managed to close their doors, and it is quite fortunate that there were no injuries from the blind hit by the hooded perpetrators.

The attack lasted a few minutes and the masked men who fled on foot, leaving behind flyers that wrote "STATE MASS MEDIA NEO-NAZIS ALL SCUM WORK TOGETHER. RAGE FOR PAVLOS FYSSAS."

The attack on the "Proto Thema" newspaper that is an attack against the freedom of the press has been condemned by the entire political world.

Th. Anastasiadis: Proto Thema has been targeted for some time now

"Proto Thema has been targeted for some time now," the newspaper editor Themos Anastasiadis said, referring to the attack Thursday night on the newspaper offices in Maroussi.

Speaking on George Tragas at the Extra 3 TV channel, Anastasiadis added that each time there is a different reason for each attack.

Commenting on Tragas’ words, who said that the reason for the attack was the previous Sunday headline with the photo of Pavlos Fyssas, Anastasiadis said the newspaper did its dutyand  in any other country of the world this picture would have  been up for prize.

The announcement of the workers in Proto Thema

"Following the fascist terrorist attack from these hooded men, we the workers in "Proto Thema" respond to vandals that have caused damage to the newspaper offices and endangered the lives of our colleagues and say that such cowardly actions do not startle us.

Proto Thema, from its first issue, has won numerous certificates commitment to journalistic ethics by its vast readership and therefore will not be intimidated by dark people who hide behind hoods and are motivated by expediencies.

True to our mission, which is to monitor and record the facts, uncover and serve the truth, we will firmly continue our struggle."