Greek tragedy

George’s rage channelled itself into attacking immigrants, while the Girouds have been forced from their upmarket home. Nikolia Apostolou sees the face of Greek austerity

IT WAS long past midnight and all was still on this June morning. Suddenly, a window shattered and five men cloaked in black broke into a small single-family dwelling on a quiet Athens street, home to four African immigrants.

The invaders were in their 20s, carried extendable batons and wore shirts emblazoned with logos of the Greek neo-Nazi party, Golden Dawn. The attack lasted just a few minutes, but it was long enough to leave one immigrant severely injured.