New riots erupt in Greek cities
People protesting against the death of a teenager shot by Greek police have attacked banks and shops in Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki.
Sunday, 07.12.2008.
10:53
People protesting against the death of a teenager shot by Greek police have attacked banks and shops in Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki. Demonstrators hurled firebombs, rocks and other objects at the buildings and at police, who responded with tear gas. New riots erupt in Greek cities Earlier, Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos appealed for restraint. The streets of the capital were already strewn with glass and rubble after a night of rioting sparked by Saturday's shooting, in the Exarchia district. In the overnight violence, protestors hurled rocks and petrol bombs at the police and damaged dozens of buildings - one four-storey shop near the tourist area of Monastiraki was completely gutted. At least 70 cars were set on fire. One shop owner told the BBC that many businesses had been looted. The civil unrest, the worst in the country in several years, later spread to Thessaloniki and the southern island of Crete. The two police officers involved in the shooting of the teenager have been suspended, and an inquiry is under way. Police issued a statement after the shooting, saying a patrol car with two officers inside was attacked by about 30 youths throwing stones. They were attacked again and responded, with one firing a stun grenade and the other shooting and fatally wounding the boy, AP quoted the statement as saying. Athens last night (Tanjug)
New riots erupt in Greek cities
Earlier, Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos appealed for restraint.The streets of the capital were already strewn with glass and rubble after a night of rioting sparked by Saturday's shooting, in the Exarchia district.
In the overnight violence, protestors hurled rocks and petrol bombs at the police and damaged dozens of buildings - one four-storey shop near the tourist area of Monastiraki was completely gutted.
At least 70 cars were set on fire.
One shop owner told the BBC that many businesses had been looted.
The civil unrest, the worst in the country in several years, later spread to Thessaloniki and the southern island of Crete.
The two police officers involved in the shooting of the teenager have been suspended, and an inquiry is under way.
Police issued a statement after the shooting, saying a patrol car with two officers inside was attacked by about 30 youths throwing stones.
They were attacked again and responded, with one firing a stun grenade and the other shooting and fatally wounding the boy, AP quoted the statement as saying.
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