Vandalism

An unprecedented incident that took place three months ago came to surface these days. A group of 20 German young people vandalized an Athens subway train by painting graffiti all over it.
They filmed what they did and shared it in the social media.
At least two of the accounts used indicate that they have done it in other countries as well.

The recent destruction of historical monuments in the center of the Greek capital gives rise to feelings of sadness and anger.

A huge swastika was painted in red paint on the monument of rapper Pavlos Fyssas (aka Killah P) at Keratsini on Saturday. Municipality cleaners rushed early in the morning to clean it after it was vandalized at dawn. This is not the first time that the monument has been attacked.

Municipal workers on Thursday removed graffiti from the facade of the building hosting the Archaeological Society in central Athens.

The neoclassical structure, which is located at the junction of Panepistimiou and Omirou streets, has been vandalized several times.

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis on Tuesday contacted the rector of the National Technical University of Athens, Yiannis Golias, and said that municipal staff who specialize in removing graffiti from buildings were available to help purge the exterior walls of the institution of a large black and white adornment that has fueled controversy.

First instance prosecutor Ilias Zagoraios ordered an urgent preliminary investigation into a giant black and white graffiti that appeared on the walls of the National Technical University of Athens, also known as polytechnic, last week.

Israeli settlers torched a mosque near the West Bank town of Ramallah overnight, Palestinian security officials said on Nov. 12, as violence intensified in the occupied territory.

"The settlers set fire to the whole of the first floor of the mosque" in the village of Al-Mughayir, near the Shilo settlement, a security official said.

Non-governmental organizations in Turkey have raised their voices against vandalism and violence, calling for 'common sense” after the recent wave of unrest

By Tasoula Karaiskaki