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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Greek police arrest 2 people over 2010 fatal arson attack on Athens bank

Greece Bank Deaths Arrest - (AP2010)

Greek police arrested two people Friday in connection with a 2010 firebomb attack in which three people trapped in a burning bank died while some in a crowd outside shouted for them to be left to burn.

The Marfin bank employees — one man and two women, one of whom was pregnant — were trapped after protesters threw firebombs at the building during a demonstration by tens of thousands of people participating in a general strike against new austerity measures imposed by the government.

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