Photo gallery: Greece under seige
Posted: December 09, 2008, 11:46 AM by Steven Woodhead
World
Greece braced for a fourth day of riots today after the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy by police triggered underlying anger over the Conservative government's economic policies and the worst rioting in decades.
We've collected a few of the most dramatic photos from the Greek riots.
This recent photo taken at an unknown location shows 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos who was shot by a police officer who opened fire after youths threw objects at his car on December 6, 2008. Hundreds of people protested through the night in central Athens and the country's biggest cities after the teenager was killed. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
A young man cries as he leaves the site where 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos was shot dead by police in Athens. (REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis)
Youths clash with riot police on December 7, 2008 during a massive demonstration near the main police station in Athens. The banner reads: "Murderers". (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
(LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)
This picture taken on December 7, 2008 shows a police officer (2R) pointing his weapon at demonstrators while the other (L) pretends to shoot with his hand during a massive demonstration in Athens. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
A protestor throws a petrol bomb at riot police on December 7, 2008 during a massive demonstration near the main police station in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. (SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP/Getty Images)
A youth walks past burning barricades on December 8, 2008 during riots in the centre of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. (SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP/Getty Images)
Policemen in riot gears take position during riots in Athens, December 8. (REUTERS/Oleg Popov)
A man rides his bicycle in front of burning barricades during riots in the northern Greek town of Thessaloniki December 8. Elsewhere, protesters set fire to a major department store in central Athens and torched the city's giant Christmas tree outside parliament as anti-government protests worsened. (REUTERS/Grigoris Siamidis)
Mourners carry the coffin of Alexandros Grigoropoulos during his funeral in Athens December 9. Riot police fought running battles with hundreds of protesters outside Greece's parliament on Tuesday while the opposition socialist party called for elections to end four days of protests. In the outskirts of Athens, more than 5,000 people dressed in black gathered at a funeral for the 15-year-old boy. (REUTERS/Oleg Popov)
Riot police officers arrest a young boy near a cemetery where a funeral service was held on December 09. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
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