(6 Dec 2024)
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Athens – 06 December, 2024
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1. Various of people marching in central Athens
2. Riot police
3. Various of people marching
4. Various of Christmas tree and police stand around in Syntagma square
5. Close of water cannon
6. Police
7. Police and water cannon move through central Athens street
STORYLINE:
Thousands of people protested in Athens on Friday marking 16 years since the police shooting of a 15-year-old high school student.
The death of Alexandros Grigoropoulos in 2008 sparked riots and annual demonstrations.
Authorities deployed 5,000 police officers, drones, helicopters, and water cannon vehicles to monitor gatherings in central Athens and in a district where the shooting occurred.
Road closures, subway station shutdowns, and public transportation are also planned as part of the city’s heightened security measures.
Grigoropoulos, a 15-year-old high school student, was fatally shot by a police officer 16 years ago, sparking days of rioting.
His death remains a rallying point for annual demonstrations that often turn violent.
Police also deployed water cannon vehicles as well as drones, and helicopters to monitor the demonstrations, and maintain a strong presence near embassies, ministries, and other potential rallying sites.
Changes to public transportation schedules are also planned, with two central subway stations to be closed for much of the day.
A police officer arrested for the shooting of Grigoropoulos was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2010 but was released in 2019 after his sentence was reduced.
That decision was upheld at a retrial three years later.
A second officer was also convicted as an accomplice and released on parole after serving three years in prison.
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