Athens - Police in Athens confirmed on Sunday that an investigation is taking place into allegations that officers had ordered a public strip search in a neighbourhood with a large immigrant population.

"Any officer who may be implicated in this affair will be subject to disciplinary sanctions," said a Greek police headquarters statement after allegations by the newspaper Ethnos.

Under the headline "Guantanamo images in the centre of Athens" the paper showed six pictures of a man stripping in front of police officers under the gaze of passers-by earlier this month during an identity check.

"It is a case of extreme racism...it is not a momentary mistake but the ordinary method used against immigrants," the newspaper was told by a representative of an anti-war group one of whose members took the pictures.
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