Tsipras slammed by ND over anarchist havoc

A barrage of attacks by members of anti-establishment groups in Athens and Thessaloniki in recent days have put the government on the back foot, with main opposition conservatives bemoaning what they describe as a state of lawlessness enveloping the country.

With a prosecutor on Monday ordering an investigation into a firebomb attack on a riot police van that had been guarding the Turkish Consulate in Thessaloniki on Saturday, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the attack was the "last straw" and that an ND government would protect and support the police and let them do their job.

"Each day that goes by shows that [Prime Minister Alexis] Tsipras is not just the prime minister of taxes and lies, but of violence and lawlessness," he said, accusing the government of turning a blind eye to anarchist groups. "He has surrendered entire neighborhoods to gangs," he...