Strasti su se naizgled smirile tokom Božića, ali su se ponovno razbuktale 5. januara, kad su nepoznati naoružani napadači pucali u tri redarstvena policajca u Exarchiji, teško ranivši policajca Diamantisa Matzounisa.
While passions seemed to subside during Christmas, they flared up on January 5th, when unknown gunmen shot three riot policemen in Exarchia, seriously injuring officer Diamantis Matzounis.