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Greece arrests two over deadly 2010 protest fire-bombing

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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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