ATHENS ABLAZE: Protestors hurl PETROL-BOMBS as youth march spirals out of control
PETROL bombs have been thrown as hundreds of protestors marched through central Athens to mark the 10th anniversary of the killing of a teenage boy by police. The demonstrators clashed with authorities as they headed towards parliament in a tribute to 15-year old Alexandros Grigoropoulos who was shot dead in 2008.
By LUKE HAWKER
Express.co.uk
Thu, Dec 6, 2018
The angry mob chanted “hands off youth” and “no fascists in schools” as they made their way through the streets. A huge fireball and several outbreaks of flames can be seen across downtown Athens in one of the most shocking rallies the country has seen in recent years. In one picture armed police with riot shields and can been see trecking through the fire and hurling teargas at the crowd.
Earlier the violence erupted as a group of hooded youths broke away from the march and hurled stones at police.
More than 2,000 police officers have been deployed to the area and were forced to use teargas to disperse the crowd.
The authorities formed protective cordons outside parliament and hotels in the city, while a helicopter hovered over the central Syntagma Square.
Two protestors were temporarily detained and one of them was injured during the brief unrest, a police official confirmed.
On the night of Dec. 6, 2008, hours after Grigoropoulos was shot, thousands took to the streets of Athens, torching cars and smashing window shops and looting.
The riots, which were also fuelled by anger over unemployment and economic hardship in a prelude to Greece’s debt crisis, lasted for weeks.
It is believed a second rally is planned later this evening.
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