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Peaceful rallies honour Greek boy killed by police
Small groups of Greeks held peaceful rallies in Athens on Saturday to honour a teenager whose killing by police a week ago triggered the worst rioting in decades.
- Agencies
- Published: 19:47 December 13, 2008
Athens: Small groups of Greeks held peaceful rallies in Athens on Saturday to honour a teenager whose killing by police a week ago triggered the worst rioting in decades.
Families and former school mates of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos, known by friends as Alexis, met quietly in the main square outside parliament after seven days of violence in the city of four million people.
"We decided to come here to pay our respects to Alexandros," said 37-year old TV tecnhician Chryssoula Kapsali in Syntagma square, where some 500 people had gathered by mid-afternoon.
Wearing a long-sleeved white T-shirt, she was accompanied by her husband and 8-year old son, who was carrying a red rose.
Banners in the square read "The state kills" and "Down with the government of murderers", but the atmosphere was calm.
Similar rallies were being held elsewhere in the capital and two other cities. Police reported a minor clash at Athens' Olympic stadium, with one policeman slightly injured.
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