(8 Dec 2022)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thessaloniki - 6 December 2022
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1. Various of protesters throwing projectiles at riot police as fires burn in street
HEADLINE: Clashes in Greece after the police shooting of a youth
ANNOTATION: Clashes broke out in Thessaloniki as residents of a nearby Roma settlement protested the shooting of a teenager by police.
2. Riot police throwing tear gas at protesters
ANNOTATION : The unrest came after a police officer was charged over the shooting of the 16-year-old, who allegedly left a gas station without paying.
3. Various of fires burning
ANNOTATION: The officer said he opened fire because the teenager tried to ram one of the pursuing police motorcycles with his pickup truck.
4. Medium of riot police advancing toward protesters UPSOUND: tear gas being fired; fires burning in street
ANNOTATION: The boy was shot in the head and left in a critical condition in hospital.
5. Protesters in street
ANNOTATION: Several Roma men have been fatally shot or injured in recent years during confrontations with police while allegedly seeking to evade arrest.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Athens - 6 December 2022
++NIGHT SHOTS++
6. Riot police
7. Various of youths, walking, dancing, lighting a cigarette by fire on trash bins set alight by protesters
ANNOTATION: Demonstrations in cities including Athens had already been planned to mark the anniversary of a 2008 fatal police shooting of a teenager.
8. Various of protesters near fire in street, riot police pass by
9. Police on motorbikes
10. Police rushing at protesters, tear gas
ANNOTATION: After around 5,000 people joined the protest in the capital, some set fire to trash cans and threw Molotov cocktails towards police.
11. Various of riot police officers
ANNOTATION: Police responded with a water cannon and tear gas and detained dozens.
12. Various of police near fire
STORYLINE:
Clashes broke out Tuesday at a police station just outside Greece's second-largest city of Thessaloniki between riot police and residents of a nearby Roma settlement protesting the police shooting of a teenage driver during a chase over an unpaid gas station bill.
Protesters smashed a riot police bus and set fire to tires and an excavator vehicle on a nearby road, while riot police responded with volleys of tear gas.
Shots could be heard, and riot police asked journalists in the area to move farther away, saying protesters were firing from hunting rifles.
The clashes came after a 34-year-old police officer appeared in court over the shooting early Monday of a 16-year-old Roma boy who allegedly drove off from a gas station without paying the bill.
Meanwhile in Athens, thousands of demonstrators marched also Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the 2008 fatal police shooting of a teenager that sparked Greece’s worst riots in decades.
Following the protest of some 5,000 demonstrators, some set fire to trash cans and threw Molotov cocktails at police — who responded with a water cannon and tear gas.
No injuries or major damage to property were reported. Police detained several dozens.
The teen in Thessaloniki, whose identity has not been officially released but was identified by relatives as a member of the Roma community, was hit in the head and is in a critical condition in hospital.
The police officer who appeared in court Tuesday on a felony charge of attempted manslaughter with possible intent and a misdemeanour count of illegally firing his weapon has been suspended.
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