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| Fresh riots erupt in Greek cities | Fresh riots erupt in Greek cities |
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| 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. | 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. | |
| 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. |