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A woman who helped organise a controversial anti-Islam march through Bristol says she was ‘beaten up and kicked’ at an ‘anarchist book fair’ at a primary school library.

The activist, widely known as ‘Annie the Greek’, said she was left outraged after the police closed the case on her attack, even though she claims officers turned up and were assaulted themselves.

The attack happened at St Werburgh’s Primary School in September, at an anarchists’ book fair event.

A week earlier Annie, who heads up an organisation called British and Immigrants United Against Terrorism, had co-organised a march and demonstration with another organisation called Gays Against Sharia in Bristol.

That demonstration saw around 65 people march from Temple Meads to Queen Square, hold a rally, and march back to the station under heavy police guard. A counter-demonstration by anti-fascists at the same time saw police make five arrests.

Six days later Annie, who said she did not wish to give her real name for fear of reprisals, said she attended an event held at two venues, St Werburgh’s community centre and primary school.

“It was an event open to the public and so I went along with a couple of friends to see what it was all about,” she said. “What got my attention was the programme on the workshops they would hold, including workshops on how to ‘take the police and prison system down’.”

After attending one workshop in the community centre, Annie said she went to the primary school with a camera and intended to ‘report on’ the second workshop.

“As soon as we entered, I felt the environment changing," she said. "Immediately, someone shouted ‘it’s Annie the Greek, she is a fascist organising fascist marches!'

“Someone punched me on the back of the head and grabbed my hat. My friend was restrained and had his camera stolen, and at the same time I was dragged outside. The same person that punched me, kicked me on the back and I fell to the ground. Then they grabbed me by my neck and hair and pushed me out.”

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Annie said that the police were called, officers arrived and battled with those in the school to get through the doors.

“My attacker ran out of the back of the building while about 15 or 20 of them tried to hold the doors shut when the police arrived,” she added.

“It was two policemen: a man and woman,” she said. “We explained what happened. So they said we need to enter the library to see if we recognise the attacker and that this now is a crime scene for assault and robbery.

“The organiser immediately locked the door, refusing entry to the police. The police still tried to enter, thus all 20 members that were there physically tried to stop the police from going in the building. Two or three members put their hands on the female police officer to physically stop her.

“All these incidents happened underneath a CCTV camera at the front of the building. Immediately the officer calls for backup and threatens to call the unit that will knock the door open. Then the person that locked the door unlocked and my friend went with the police officers inside to see if maybe my attacker was there still. But I knew he wasn’t, I was too upset, so I didn’t go in. My attacker fled the scene from the back door."

Annie claims police told her the CCTV footage of the man running from the scene was ‘too blurry’ to be of use. She says she then took on the investigation herself, and used her high profile social media presence in the anti-Islam campaign circles to try to identify her attacker.

A Greek Cypriot national who now lives in Bristol, she said she has been attacked before in the city, for walking down Gloucester Road with a Donald Trump-style ‘Make England Great Again’ cap.

She is a leading voice in anti-Islamic campaigns, and uses her Twitter profile to support the new political party ‘For Britain’, set up by Ann-Marie Waters, who failed to win the UKIP leadership and spoke at the anti-Sharia rally in Bristol in September.

Other tweets also show her pictured with former EDL leader Tommy Robinson, and a steady stream of anti-Muslim tweets.

Annie said she was disappointed at the police response, and left frustrated when the case was closed. She said she had instigated a complaint to the Independent Police Complaints Commission but was now hopeful an arrest could be made after passing on the details of her own "investigations" to the police, and said the police had reopened the case.

A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset police confirmed an assault was reported.

“We had a report of an assault at around 4.45pm on September 16 at St Werburgh’s Primary School,” he said.

“Reasonable and proportionate inquiries have been carried out but no arrests have been made.”