Comments:Killing of a 15 year old student in Greece

A police car patroling in Exarchia, central Athens, passing through Mesologgiou cobbled street (considered an anarchist/anti-authoritarian place with music, bars etc and lots of youth in the streets, so we can easily assume the police car was sent there to provoke and harass the youth), was confronted by a few young people, shouting to the policemen to get lost. There are a few reports that an empty bottle or a brick was thrown to the police car.The police went out of the car provoking the youth and one of the police shot against one 15-16 year old boy, right on the heart, murdering him in cold blood. The name of the boy that stood up to the cops is Alexandros Grigoropoulos. Anarchists and residents gathered, but riot police forces circled the area. The unrest began in Athens soon after the shooting in Exarchia district, a regular scene of clashes between police and leftist groups.

Riots then spread to Thessaloniki, Greece's second biggest city, to the northern cities of Komotini and Ioannina, and to Crete.

The two officers have been suspended, and an inquiry is under way.

In Athens police fired tear gas at hundreds of stone-throwing youths, who went on a rampage as news of the shooting spread.

After a lull of a couple of hours, rioting resumed shortly after midnight local time (2200 GMT), with some protesters marching through Athens city centre and others fighting police outside the National Technical University of Athens, the Associated Press news agency reported.

In Thessaloniki dozens of youths attacked a police precinct, while others blocked a road near the university campus.--94.196.63.75

greek riots
The murder of the 15 years old boy is just a motive of the massive greek riots in all the big cities in Greece. Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Komotini, Patra, Ioannina are burning. The real cause of this massive and strong riot is the dispute of the political ruling system.

In the middle of the economical crisis, that causes direct and serious problems in our lives, pauvrety, unemployment, rise of the rising costs of the basic products, reduces of people rights and freedom of speech e.t.c,are the bases of this riot that it will not stop this weekend. Leftist, simple citizens, anarchists, are united in this battle to send the message of the overthrow of this failed and bloody policy of developped countries and its goverments.

extreme Leftist organizations anarchists, and independent individuals must start to send petitions in the major media so that the peolple have a global knowledge of the facts of this weekend.

a greek LEFTIST —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.66.45.171 (talk) 16:46, 7 December 2008 (UTC)