On the night of
Saturday, December 6th, two Special Guards of the Greek police clashed
with a small group of young men. The exact details of what took place
are still unclear, but it is known that one of the Guards fired three
shots, and one of those bullets caused the death of 15-year-old
Alexander Grigoropoulos - whether the injury was made by an accidental
ricochet or deliberate shot remains to be determined. The two Guards are
now in jail awaiting trial, the shooter charged with homicide. This
incident sparked an immediate and widespread response in the form of
angry demonstrations and riots in many Greek cities that have continued
at varying levels to this day - though dimming in intensity recently.
Alexander's death appears to have been a catalyst, unleashing widespread
Greek anger towards many issues - police mistreatment of protesters,
unwelcome education reforms, economic stagnation, government corruption
and more. (37 photos total)
Mourners
carry the coffin of Alexandros Grigoropoulos, 15, during his funeral in
Athens December 9, 2008. In the outskirts of Athens, more than 5,000
people dressed in black gathered at a funeral for the 15-year-old boy
whose shooting by police on Saturday has triggered Greece's worst riots
in decades. (REUTERS/Oleg Popov) #
The
policeman (head down) who is facing murder charges for the shooting of
teenager Alexandros Grigoropoulos, 15, is escorted by police as he
enters a prosecutor's office in Athens, December 10, 2008. The policeman
testified that he fired warning shots in self-defence when a gang of
youths threw firebombs at him, court sources said. A Greek prosecutor
ordered two policemen to be sent to prison pending trial for the
shooting of Grigoropoulos which has sparked five days of rioting in
Greece, a court official said on Wednesday. One of the policemen has
been charged with murder and the other as an accomplice. "They are both
ordered to be held in prison pending trial," said the official, who
declined to be named. (REUTERS/Stringer) #
A
protester holds a molotov coctail next to a burning barricade in athens
on December 8, 2008. Fury at the fatal police shooting of a schoolboy,
15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos, erupted in a third day of rioting
across Greece on Monday, with youths burning banks and shops, attacking
hotels and clashing with the security forces. (LOUISA
GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images) #
Students
demonstrate in front of the police headquarters of Athens, on December
15 2008. Riot squads ringed Athens police headquarters as Greek
protesters targeted state institutions, while the right-wing government
faced new headaches with the re-emergence of a landswap scandal.
(OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images) #
A
member of the riot police walks near flames outside Athens Polytechnic
during riots on December 13, 2008 in Athens, Greece. Small bands of
Greek rioters hurling firebombs attacked an environment ministry
building, shops and banks in Athens during the eighth day of protests
following the police killing of a teenager. (Milos Bicanski/Getty
images) #
Protesters
march during a demonstration in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki
on December 10, 2008. Protesters hurled rocks today at security forces
in Greece's second city of Thessaloniki and were fought off with tear
gas, police said. The clashes occurred as around 2,000 demonstrators
made their way towards a regional government ministry office protected
by a police cordon. (SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP/Getty Images) #
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