Burnt Christmas tree after the riots of December 2008 in Athens Greece

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The 2008 Greek riots started on 6 December 2008, when Alexandros Grigoropoulos (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Γρηγορόπουλος), a 15-year-old student, was fatally shot by Epaminondas Korkoneas, a policeman. The shooting occurred after an altercation between a police patrol and a small group of youths in the Exarcheia district of central Athens.[1] The death of Grigoropoulos resulted in large protests and demonstrations, which escalated to widespread rioting, with hundreds of rioters damaging property and engaging riot police with Molotov cocktails, stones and other objects.

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Size: 3504px × 5256px
Location: Athens downtown Greece
Photo credit: © ARISTIDIS VAFEIADAKIS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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