Greece arrests two over deadly 2010 protest fire-bombing


FILE PHOTO: A woman arrives to place a flower outside a burned-out bank, May 6, 2010 , which was set on fire during violent demonstrations in Athens a day earlier. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo

ATHENS, July 10 (Reuters) - ⁠Greek police said they had arrested ⁠two people over a 2010 arson attack ‌that killed three workers trapped inside a bank building in Athens during a massive general strike against ​budget cuts at the start ⁠of the country's debt ⁠crisis.

The tragedy on May 5, 2010 unfolded as ⁠tens ‌of thousands of striking workers and civil servants marched to protest ⁠against the terms of Greece's first bailout ​from euro ‌zone countries and the International Monetary ⁠Fund.

Masked youths ​clashed with riot police who responded with tear gas and flash bombs that clouded the ⁠city centre.

One man and two ​women, one of them pregnant, who were working in a Marfin bank branch, choked on smoke ⁠after assailants threw petrol bombs at the building.

Greek police said on Friday they had arrested two people and issued a warrant ​for a third over the ⁠case.

The arrests came after officers compared evidence ​and photographs from that day ‌and other protests, a ​police official said.

(Reporting by Yannis Souliotis and Renee Maltezou; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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