Three charged with putting up anarchist posters

TWO 25-year-old men and a pupil, 17, were yesterday charged and released by Limassol police in connection with putting up posters illegally.

The three were arrested at around 3am after officers said they caught them putting up posters with anarchist content for the second time in four hours.

They were initially seen on Gladstone Street at around 11pm, when officers warned them to stop what they were doing and leave the area.

The men obeyed, but were allegedly caught again at 3am on the same street.

They were arrested and taken to Limassol police HQ where they were charged with putting up posters illegally and released.

According to the police, the posters containing slogans like “Burn the (British) bases” were put up by a group calling itself ‘Anarchists for Social Revolution’.

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