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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. A third day of protests is planned in Greece, following riots sparked by the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy by police late on Saturday.
In cities across the country, dozens of protesters and police were injured during pitched battles on the streets, involving petrol bombs and tear gas. The Communist Party has called a mass rally in Athens, while the main socialist opposition party has urged Greeks to denounce the government.
Some protesters stayed in universities on Sunday night, while leftist groups planned rallies on Monday. Meanwhile, a post-mortem is being carried out on the boy's body to help determine the trajectory of the bullet.
The government has called for an end to the violence, saying justice had been served with the arrests of policemen. Two police officers have been arrested in connection with the boy's death.
The riots began on Saturday after 15-year-old Andreas Grigoropoulos was shot dead by police in the Exarchia area of Athens. One of them, who is accused of murder, said he fired a warning shot and that the boy was killed by a ricochet, but eyewitnesses told Greek television that the officer aimed directly.
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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. The second officer has been charged with being an accomplice.
Among protests called on Monday was a rally by the Greek Communist Party and the socialist PASOK opposition, in Athens. The family of the boy, named as Alexandros Grigoropoulos, has hired an independent pathologist to ensure there is no cover-up.
Politically motivated
Five demonstrations are planned in major cities at dusk.
Among the protests called on Monday is a rally by the Greek Communist Party and the socialist Pasok opposition, in Athens.
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"We must answer the government's policies en masse and peacefully," the PASOK youth branch said in a statement quoted by Reuters news agency. Pasok's youth wing has called for peaceful protests.
With the protests focussed in university cities, the student demonstrators have been given tacit consent to continue by their tutors, our correspondent adds. Most of the clashes have occurred in university cities and have involved students, says the BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Athens.
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. The student demonstrators have been given tacit consent to continue by their professors, our correspondent says.
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. University tutors 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.
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. 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, our correspondent adds.
Six people were arrested, one of them for carrying a weapon. The government has held an emergency meeting to decide how to respond, with the Interior Minister, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, saying the police would adopt a defensive stance.
The unrest, the worst in the country in several years, later spread to Thessaloniki, Patras, and the islands of Crete and Corfu. 'Deeply saddened'
The riots began on Saturday after Alexandros Grigoropoulos was shot dead by police in the Exarchia area of Athens.
The unrest, the worst in the country in several years, later spread to Thessaloniki, Patras, Larissa, and Volos, and the islands of Crete, Samos and Corfu.
Dozens of protesters and police have been injured during pitched battles on the streets, involving petrol bombs and tear gas.
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 the boy'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. He wrote: "In these difficult moments please accept my condolences for the unfair loss of your son. Like all Greeks I am deeply saddened."
He said his government would act to stop "such a tragedy" from happening again.
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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