Fresh violence shakes Greece
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Clashes have once again broken out between protesters and the police in Athens and other key cities as Greece marks the anniversary of the shooting of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos.
It is now a year since a police officer shot dead Alexandros Grigoropoulos in Athens, but despite the passage of time and a change of government anger against the police is still running high.
Yesterday, over 10,000 people marched through central Athens to remember the teenager and protest against police brutality. Before long trouble broke out. Running battles with the police erupted, shop windows were smashed, and cars and buildings damaged.
Although the violence did not match the scale of last year's riots, correspondent Malcom Brabant, who was at the scene, said that the police were using "much more aggressive tactics" to contain the protesters.
Police reported that 30 people were injured in yesterday's clashes and around 40 protestors were arrested.
The new Socialist government praised the police for successfully preventing protestors from destroying the centre of Athens, but faced accusations from leftwing parties that excessive force was used. This is a particularly sensitive subject for the government as it has vowed to rid the police force of violent officers - one of its key electoral promises.
Further violence broke out again today in Athens as youths began throwing stones at police during another demonstration to mark last year's shooting.
