2008 Greek riots
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2008-greek-riots-215-1606879
title:
2008 Greek riots
text:
The 2008 Greek rebellion started on 6 December 2008, when Alexandros Grigoropoulos, a 15-year-old Greek student, was killed by a special officer in Exarcheia district of central Athens. The killing of the young student by police resulted in large protests and demonstrations, which escalated to widespread rioting, with numerous rioters damaging property and engaging riot police with Molotov cocktails, stones and other objects. Demonstrations and rioting soon spread to several other cities, includ
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Rebellion in response to the police killing of Alexandros Grigoropoulos
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Greek_riots
date created:
2008-12-07T05:27:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T17:13:56Z
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