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| Greece braced for further protest | Greece braced for further protest |
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| Protests are expected for a third day in Greece, following rioting over the fatal shooting of a teenager by police. | Protests are expected for a third day in Greece, following rioting over the fatal shooting of a teenager by police. |
| In cities across the country, dozens of protesters and police were injured during pitched battles on the streets, involving petrol bombs and tear gas. | In cities across the country, dozens of protesters and police were injured during pitched battles on the streets, involving petrol bombs and tear gas. |
| Some protesters stayed in universities on Sunday night, while leftist groups planned rallies on Monday. | Some protesters stayed in universities on Sunday night, while leftist groups planned rallies on Monday. |
| The government has called for an end to the violence, saying justice had been served with the arrests of policemen. | The government has called for an end to the violence, saying justice had been served with the arrests of policemen. |
| The riots began on Saturday after 15-year-old Andreas Grigoropoulos was shot dead by police in the Exarchia area of Athens. | The riots began on Saturday after 15-year-old Andreas Grigoropoulos was shot dead by police in the Exarchia area of Athens. |
| See main locations of Athens protests | See main locations of Athens protests |
| Although the protests began as an outpouring of anger about the killing, they appear to have become more politically motivated, with opposition parties keen to discredit the struggling government, says the BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Athens. | Although the protests began as an outpouring of anger about the killing, they appear to have become more politically motivated, with opposition parties keen to discredit the struggling government, says the BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Athens. |
| Among protests called on Monday was a rally by the Greek Communist Party and the socialist PASOK opposition, in Athens. | Among protests called on Monday was a rally by the Greek Communist Party and the socialist PASOK opposition, in Athens. |
| MAJOR RIOTING IN GREECE 1973 - Brutal repression of student uprising in Athens helps bring down the military junta 1985 - Youths clash with police in Athens after rally marking 1973 uprising becomes violent and police shoot dead 15-year-old boy1991 - Riots break out across the country after a school teacher is killed during protests in Patras1995 - Riots erupt after protest in Athens and revolt in prison ahead of 1973 uprising's anniversary1999 - Police clash with protesters opposing a visit by US President Bill Clinton to Athens2003 - Youths battle police during an EU summit in Thessaloniki2008 - Protesters battle police across country after an officer shoots dead a teenager in Athens class="" href="/1/hi/in_pictures/7770189.stm">In pictures: Greek riots class="" href="/1/hi/world/europe/7769852.stm">Eyewitness: Athens riot | |
| "We must answer the government's policies en masse and peacefully," the PASOK youth branch said in a statement quoted by Reuters news agency. | "We must answer the government's policies en masse and peacefully," the PASOK youth branch said in a statement quoted by Reuters news agency. |
| With the protests focussed in university cities, the student demonstrators have been given tacit consent to continue by their tutors, our correspondent adds. | With the protests focussed in university cities, the student demonstrators have been given tacit consent to continue by their tutors, our correspondent adds. |
| University professors said they would start a three-day walkout on Monday, rather than joining a nationwide workers' strike against pension reforms and economic policies on Wednesday. | University professors said they would start a three-day walkout on Monday, rather than joining a nationwide workers' strike against pension reforms and economic policies on Wednesday. |
| As night fell on Sunday, groups of protesters used rubbish bins and overturned cars to erect burning barricades in the streets around the Polytechnic, inside whose campus many have taken refuge in the knowledge that by law police are prohibited from entering. | As night fell on Sunday, groups of protesters used rubbish bins and overturned cars to erect burning barricades in the streets around the Polytechnic, inside whose campus many have taken refuge in the knowledge that by law police are prohibited from entering. |
| Police said the first day of riots had left 24 police officers injured, one seriously, and 31 shops, nine banks and 25 cars damaged or burned. | Police said the first day of riots had left 24 police officers injured, one seriously, and 31 shops, nine banks and 25 cars damaged or burned. |
| Six people were arrested, one of them for carrying a weapon. | Six people were arrested, one of them for carrying a weapon. |
| The unrest, the worst in the country in several years, later spread to Thessaloniki, Patras, and the islands of Crete and Corfu. | The unrest, the worst in the country in several years, later spread to Thessaloniki, Patras, and the islands of Crete and Corfu. |
| A march by more than 1,000 people on two police stations in Thessaloniki descended into violence when protesters attacked police and shops with firebombs and rocks. | A march by more than 1,000 people on two police stations in Thessaloniki descended into violence when protesters attacked police and shops with firebombs and rocks. |
| Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has written to Andreas Grigoropoulos's parents expressing his profound sorrow. | Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has written to Andreas Grigoropoulos's parents expressing his profound sorrow. |
| Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos, whose offer to resign was refused by the prime minister, has urged both protesters and police to act with restraint. | Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos, whose offer to resign was refused by the prime minister, has urged both protesters and police to act with restraint. |
| MAIN LOCATIONS OF ATHENS PROTESTS Thousands of students, leftist demonstrators and anarchists on Sunday marched from the National Archaeological Museum and Polytechnic on Patission Avenue towards the police headquarters on Alexandras Avenue | MAIN LOCATIONS OF ATHENS PROTESTS Thousands of students, leftist demonstrators and anarchists on Sunday marched from the National Archaeological Museum and Polytechnic on Patission Avenue towards the police headquarters on Alexandras Avenue |
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