Det här är hemskt. The Guardian rapporterar att folk börjar gripas av panik, inte minst pensionärerna som är vana vid att gå in på banken och hämta sina pensioner i månadsslutet, inte ta ut dem i bankomat. (Vissa banker kommer dock att öppnas just för det här syftet). Folk verkar också ha börjat hamstra mat i panik.
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From Athens, Helena Smith reports:
Reports of panic outside banks, in supermarkets and at petrol stations are now coming through thick and fast. Pensioners, waiting outside closed banks in Salonika, collapsed when it became apparent that the lenders weren’t going to open and they would not be getting their monthly allowance.
An announcement may come later today: "FinMinistry to announce at 4 pm local time, which bank branches will be open for pensioners to withdraw pensions"
In Crete, gas stations were also forced to close after running out of petrol.
Vangelis Kotsos, president of gas station owners in Chania, said around 50% of gas stations had now run dry and described scenes of chaos as nervous Greek motorists (and presumably visiting tourists) flocked to gas stations to fill up.
“A lot have been coming in carrying cans so they have extra reserves.”
I have been getting word from friends around the capital of panic in supermarkets now being stampeded by consumers worried that stocks will run out.
“Mayhem in Carrefour Kolonaki,” said one text, referring to Greece’s upmarket district above Syntagma Square.
Panicked buyers were snapping up everything in sight, not least staple foods such as sugar and flour.
By mid-morning it has become clear that a siege mentality appears to have taken hold of Greeks following the shock announcement of the closure of banks and imposition of capital controls.
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