Greek police shooting sparks riot

Source: BBC

Riots have broken out in several Greek cities after police shot dead a teenager in the capital Athens.

The unrest began soon after the shooting in the central Exarchia district, a regular scene of clashes between police and leftist groups.

Youths threw petrol bombs, burned cars and smashed shop windows.

Riots then spread to Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, to the northern cities of Komotini and Ioannina, and to Crete.

Two officers have been suspended, and an inquiry is under way, after the worst such violence in several years.

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Greek govt urges restraint after riots

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Youths hurled firebombs, rocks and other projectiles at police, who responded with tear gas. Rioters set fires and smashed storefronts and bank branches. The fire department said an initial assessment showed more than 20 stores, several bank branches and many cars were burned in the capital.

Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos submitted his resignation in the early hours of Sunday, but it was not accepted by the prime minister.

The two officers involved have been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation, as has the police chief in the Exarchia precinct.

Pavlopoulos promised there would be a thorough investigation into the teenager's death and pledged "exemplary punishment" for anyone found responsible.

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and in so many other democratic countries?

What, Greeks have to get all upset and riot over such an everyday occurrence.

:sarcasm: