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“Chaos on Chios: Migrants riot on Greek Orthodox Holy Saturday (VIDEO),” by Arthur Lyons, Voice of Europe, April 19, 2020:
Migrants living on the eastern Aegean Greek island of Chios set fires and attacked police on Orthodox Holy Saturday into the early morning hours of Easter Sunday.
Two cars, tents, a canteen inside of the migrant camp, and houses were burned during the chaos which ensued after false news of an Iraqi woman dying from COVID-19 caused fear and anxiety to spread among the camp’s migrants, news portal Politis Chios reports.
The rumor began circulating within the camp after the Iraqi woman was taken to the Chios Hospital to undergo routine checks for the virus. It later came out that the woman had not been infected with the virus.Following a number of violent outburst which occurred earlier in the day, the migrants started to hurl stones at police at around 9:00pm. The situation became even more tense when some of the migrants decided to set fire to tents, cars, the camp canteen, and number of housing structures.
When violence finally stopped sometime during the early hours of Easter Sunday morning, Chios police arrested three of the immigrants who were deemed to be responsible for inciting the violence. The three migrants now face hefty criminal charges. Police continue to identify others who were involved….