(7 Dec 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Ground shot of debris from clashes, with demonstrators in background
2. Wide shot of march
3. Demonstration with banner in front reading (in Greek) "Murderers" and "Occupation of Law School" written below
4. Wide of march
5. Close-up of banner reading (in Greek) "The state kills. On the streets we break terrorism"
6. Wide of march with smoke rising in background and explosions heard
7. Anarchists trying to break petrol station windows
8. Wide of march
9. March with people seen trying to break storefront windows on left of screen
STORYLINE
Riots broke out Sunday in the Greek capital and the northern city of Thessaloniki as demonstrators protested the fatal police shooting of a teenager in Athens the previous night.
Youths hurled firebombs, rocks and other objects at riot police, who responded with tear gas.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting of a 16-year-old boy by a police special guard in the downtown Athens district of Exarchia are still unclear.
But the death triggered extensive riots in cities around the country overnight, with youths burning shops, setting up flaming barricades across streets and torching cars.
In Athens, more than 2,000 protesters began marching to the capital's police headquarters.
Violence quickly broke out, with demonstrators throwing rocks and firebombs, damaging several shops and banks.
Firebombs also damaged an office building belonging to the Environment and Public Works Ministry. Police were using large amounts of tear gas to contain the rampaging youths.
Protesters in Greece's second largest city of Thessaloniki attacked City Hall, two police precincts, several shops and a bank.
They also attacked vans and cars belonging to several Greek television channels.
Earlier, Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos had called for restraint during the demonstrations.
He expressed the government's deep sadness over the teenager's death, and both he and Deputy Minister Panagiotis Chinofotis submitted their resignations, which were not accepted by the prime minister.
Twenty-four police officers were hurt in overnight rioting, and one remained in hospital on Sunday morning, Athens police said.
Police said rioters damaged or burned 31 stores, nine bank branches and 25 cars, including six police cars.
Six people were arrested, five of them for theft from damaged stores and one for carrying a weapon, police said.
Police said that the two officers involved in the shooting claimed they were attacked by a group of youths in the Exarchia district.
One responded by throwing a stun grenade, and the other by firing three shots. At least one shot hit the teen in the chest.
The two officers involved in the shooting have been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation, as has the police chief in the Exarchia precinct.
Exarchia, home to music clubs, bars and an increasing number of upscale restaurants, has long been considered a haven for anarchists and drug users.
Clashes often break out during demonstrations in Greece, and anarchists frequently firebomb banks, car dealerships and vehicles with diplomatic license plates.

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