Police close to identifying suspect in Boutaris attack [VIDEO]

Greek police said Sunday they were close to identifying one of the suspects involved in the attack against the mayor of Thessaloniki, in northern Greece.

So far evidence, based on footage of Saturday's incident, suggests that the suspect belongs to the country's far right movement.

Yiannis Boutaris was hospitalized overnight with head, back, and leg injuries after being set upon by nationalist extremists after a flag-lowering ceremony in commemoration of the so-called "Pontic Genocide," the massacre of ethnic Greeks by the Turks during World War I and the subsequent Greek-Turkish war.

"They were hitting me everywhere. Kicks, punches, the lot," Boutaris, 75, who is known for his strong anti-nationalist stance, said on Sunday. "It was a despicable attack, but I am well."

Some attackers tried to smash the windows of Boutaris's car as he was driven...

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