GeneralKNOWLEDGE's | Tq2u2 - (Published
time: December 07, 2013) Pertempuran antara polis dan orang awam tercetus di
ibu negara Greek (Yunani) selepas
demonstrasi untuk menandakan ulang tahun yang ke-5 kematian penembakkan remaja
Alexandros Grigoro-poulos, yang telah dipukul oleh peluru polis sesat. Downtown
Athens menyaksikan ribuan berarak ke jalan-raya di tengah-tengah, melaungkan “Polis,
Babi, Pembunuh!” Semasa memegang sepanduk sebagai penghormatan 15 - thn itu.
Pertempuran
itu mula sekali orang ramai sampai ke kawasan di mana kanak-kanak itu telah
ditembak. Bom petrol daripada orang ramai yang membantah itu telah dikembalikan
dengan gas pemedih mata polis rusuhan. Apa yang berlaku adalah senario yang
hampir sama dengan rusuhan tahun 2008 di sebaik tamat kematian Grigoropoulos
ini, apabila beribu-ribu juga mengerumuni jalan-jalan di Athens menyebabkan
keganasan, menetapkan kereta di atas api dan memecahkan tingkap kedai.
Rusuhan
itu berlaku pada kemuncak krisis ekonomi juga, yang banyak menyumbang kepada
mood keganasan. Keadaan tidak banyak berbeza kali ini, seperti yang berhampiran
pusat keganasan Jumaat kerajaan Greek masih jauh di dalam perbahasan
mengenai memper-kenalkan satu lagi pusingan melumpuhkan langkah-langkah penjimatan.
Athens
Erupts in VIOLENCE Over teen death Anniversary
Violent
clashes between police and civilians have broken out in the Greek capital after
a demonstration to mark the fifth anniversary of the shooting death of teenager
Alexandros Grigoropoulos, who was hit by a stray police bullet. Downtown Athens
saw thousands march down its central streets, chanting “Cops, Pigs, Murderers!”
while holding banners in the 15-year-old’s honor.
The
fighting started once the crowd reached the area where the boy was fatally
shot. Petrol bombs from the protesting crowd were returned with tear gas from
riot police. What took place was a very similar scene to the riots of 2008 in
the immediate aftermath of Grigoropoulos’s death, when thousands also swarmed
the streets of Athens causing mayhem, setting cars on fire and breaking shop
windows.
The
unrest took place at the height of the economic crisis as well, which
contributed greatly to the violent mood. The situation was not much different
this time around, as near the epicenter of Friday’s violence the Greek
government was still deep in debate about introducing another crippling round
of austerity measures.
