Police units attacked with firebombs in Exarchia

Riot police officers were targeted by unidentified assailants who launched Molotov cocktails at them in the central Athens district of Exarchia late Saturday and early Sunday, authorities said.

A first attack occurred on Tositsa Street shortly before midnight, while a second assault took place at around 12.30 a.m. on Harilaou Trikoupi Street.

A 24-year-old man was detained early Sunday, authorities added.