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| TranceGiant |
...is burning!
Any PDD Greece correspondent? |
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| colonelcrisp |
:eyespop: sorry, couldn't help myself |
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| Krypton |
| There are definitely some underlying problems than the police shooting some kid. |
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| Lira |
You guys talking about this?
| quote: | Dozens hurt as riots rage across Greece
* Story Highlights
* Violent clashes between police, protesters leave dozens hurt across Greece
* Protests exploded after police shoot dead a teenage boy in Athens
* Government says investigation into shooting is under way
ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- Angry demonstrations spread across Greek cities and towns Monday in the third day of rioting that has left dozens injured and scores of properties destroyed.
"We've just lost count of how many demonstrations are taking place now," a police spokesman in Athens told CNN.
Police say 34 civilians and 16 police officers have been injured in rioting that spread into new area, including Trikala, Larissam and Veria, a town about 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Thessaloniki, which along with Athens was a center of rioting Saturday after police killed a 15-year-old boy in Athens.
Angry demonstrators had torched three government buildings and three offices of the ruling conservative political party in downtown Athens, a National Fire Brigade spokesman told Greek state television.
Thirty-five cars and 160 trash containers also had been set ablaze, he said.
Demonstrators Monday barricaded streets in Athens and Thessaloniki and hurled gasoline bombs as they battled with police. Clouds of tear gas hung over the capital city as riot police continued to battle the hundreds of young self-styled anarchists rioting over the boy's death.
"Rage is what I feel for what has happened, rage, and that this cop who did it must see what it is to kill a kid and to destroy a life," a student in Athens told reporters Monday. VideoWatch as riots spread in Greece ยป
In a nationally televised address broadcast on state television, Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis condemned the violence and promised to punish those responsible for Saturday's shooting.
He also announced a decision to drop plans to reimburse business owners affected by the rioting.
The police officer who fired the fatal shot has been charged with "manslaughter with intent" and suspended from duty, police said, adding that a second police officer was arrested Saturday on criminal accessory charges.
On Monday, authorities conducted an autopsy on the teenage boy in an effort to answer questions about the circumstances of shooting, but the boy's family has called in their own investigators to verify state findings, the Athens coroner told CNN.
The U.S. and British embassies issued warnings to employees and tourists on Sunday, instructing them to avoid downtown Athens and other major cities until rioting subsides.
Tourists in central Athens hotels were advised by hotel staff not to leave their rooms as police fanned out across the city.
"There are lots of burning bins and debris in the street and a huge amount of tear gas in the air, which we got choked with on the way back to our hotel," according to Joel Brown, a CNN senior press officer visiting Athens on Sunday.
A police statement about the teenage boy's death said the incident started when six young protesters pelted a police patrol car with stones. The teen was shot as he tried to throw a petrol bomb at the officers, police said.
Other angry teens converged on the site almost immediately.
These young people -- often referred to in Greece as "the known-unknowns" -- use texting and Web sites to organize and communicate.
Fighting between youths and police quickly erupted in other parts of Greece, including Thessaloniki, the country's second largest city. Hundreds of young people took to the streets of the sprawling port city, and finally barricaded themselves behind the gates of a state university.
Authorities are legally barred from entering university grounds after tanks crushed a 1973 student uprising protesting the ruling military junta, and it remains to be seen what authorities will do about the demonstrators still holed up at the university.
Police said Monday that 20 protesters have been rounded up for questioning.
Government officials, fearing more violence, swiftly condemned the shooting.
"An investigation is under way and those found responsible with be punished," said Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos. "Measures will also be taken to avoid such incidents again in the future."
Journalist Anthee Carassava in Athens contributed to this report. |
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/e...iots/index.html
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Edit: We need someone from Greece. The cops shot a kid that was "about to throw a fuel-filled device at them as a gang of youths pelted a patrol vehicle", according to CNN. Sure, he was just a kid and there was need for lethal force, but what the hell!? |
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