Greek Police Battle Protesters in 4th Day of Unrest (Update1)

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Source: Bloomberg

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Greek police used tear gas to disperse stone-throwing protesters outside the country’s parliament, in a fourth day of unrest after a boy was killed by security forces. Skirmishes also occurred at the teenager’s funeral.

Police surrounded the parliament house in the center of Athens, pushing back against thousands of teachers and students trying to break the cordon, Antenna TV showed. Police responded with tear gas after protesters threw stones and debris at the helmet-clad officers.

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University professors have already called a three-day strike. Greece’s two main labor groups had previously scheduled a general strike tomorrow in protest at the government’s economic policies.

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Pitched battles between police and students and anarchist groups are frequent in Greece, particularly in the capital. New Democracy party policies including changes to the state-run education system have fueled tensions.



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1. This is now about overthrowing the conservative government.

And it's not just anarchists, also Greek communists and other leftists.

Go Big Red, Beat State!

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2. Kind of takes me back to the sixties. nt