Greece: clashes at teen-shooting anniversary

DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press= ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Youths hurled rocks and petrol bombs at police Monday during clashes at a student rally marking two years since the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked Greece’s worst riots in decades. Sporadic clashes lasting more than two hours occurred in several parts of central Athens after 2,500 people marched to parliament to commemorate the death of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos in 2008. Protesting youths pelted police and a Finance Ministry building with rocks, oranges and flares, and smashed glass phone booths. Riot police fired tear gas and pepper spray as masked youths used smashed-up paving stones and ripped-up…

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Greece: clashes at teen-shooting anniversary

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