Clashes erupt in Athens on anniversary of student's killing by police

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Black-clad protesters and riot police fought pitched battles in Athens on Sunday on the seventh anniversary of a teenager's killing by police. The shooting of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos in 2008, a year before Greece's economic crisis began, had led to the country's worst riots in decades. Demonstrators threw scores of petrol bombs, bricks and broken marble at police in riot gear who responded with tear gas and stun grenades.




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