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The 2008 Greek riots started on 6 December 2008, when Alexandros Grigoropoulos ((ギリシア語:Αλέξανδρος Γρηγορόπουλος)), a 15-year-old Greek student, was killed by two policemen in Exarcheia district of central Athens. The murder of a 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, including Thessaloniki, the country's second-largest city. Outside Greece, solidarity demonstrations, riots and, in some cases, clashes with local police also took place in more than 70 cities around the world,〔Interactive solidarity map : http://athens.indymedia.org/local/webcast/uploads/iimap.swf Static image : http://athens.indymedia.org/local/webcast/uploads/metafiles/iimap.jpg〕 including London, Paris, Brussels, Rome, Dublin, Berlin, Frankfurt, Madrid, Barcelona, Amsterdam, The Hague, Copenhagen, Bordeaux, Cologne, Seville as well as Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, and the western Cypriot city of Paphos. In cities far away from Athens, solidarity often was expressed as a peaceful informational protest, for example Sao Paulo,〔Sao Paolo, Fotos do Dia Internacional de Ação contra os assassinatos dos Estado http://brasil.indymedia.org/pt/blue/2008/12/435749.shtml〕 it proved that people could spread the news around the globe, from San Francisco to Wellington and Buenos Aires to Siberia.〔Small anarchist demonstration in Barnaul, Siberia disrupted by cops, some people detained http://ru.indymedia.org/newswire/display/21344/index.php〕 Newspaper ''Kathimerini'' called the rioting "the worst Greece has seen since the restoration of democracy in 1974". While the unrest was triggered by the shooting incident, commentators described the reactions as expressing deeper causes as well, especially a widespread feeling of frustration in the younger generation about specific economic problems of the country (partly as a result of the global economic crisis), a rising unemployment rate among the young generation and a perception of general inefficiency and corruption in Greek state institutions. ==The shooting incident== The fatal shooting that triggered the riots and protests took place in the evening of 6 December 2008, shortly after 9 pm, in the Exarcheia district of central Athens. According to press reports, two Special Guards (Ειδικοί Φρουροί) (a special category of the Greek police personnel, originally meant for guard duties on public property) had been engaged in a minor verbal clash with a small group of teenagers in a main street of Exarcheia, outside a shop. On driving away in their police car, they were then confronted by another small group at a nearby street crossing. The two guards were ordered by the Greek police center of operations to disengage immediately and withdraw from the confrontation site. However, the two guards did not comply and were later accused of insubordination. Instead, the two special guards chose to station their police vehicle outside the PASOK headquarters, left the car and went to Tzavella Street on foot, in order to confront the youngsters. Although the incident remains shrouded in mystery and conflicting reports, the following is an attempt to piece together the saga. Following some exchange of verbal abuse that, according to several witnesses, was initiated by the guards, one of them, Epaminondas Korkoneas, fired his gun. The initial police's report on the incident claims that the special guard shot in response to a renewed attack by the youths, that involved throwing stones and bottles. Eyewitnesses who spoke to Greek media, however, reported that the special guards were not attacked by the youths, nor was their physical safety put in danger at any time. Instead, the special guards approached the group and verbally assaulted them in order to provoke them. The special guard said he fired three rounds, two warning shots in the air and a third aimed on the ground. Several eyewitnesses said they believed the policeman had directly targeted the youngsters. The victim, Alexandros – Andreas Grigoropoulos ((ギリシア語:Αλέξανδρος – Ανδρέας Γρηγορόπουλος)) was a 15-year-old student, who lived in the affluent northern Athens suburb of Palaio Psychiko and attended a private school (the Moraitis School).〔Staff report (10 December 2008). (title=Teenage death sends thousands to the streets. ) ''Die Welt'' 〕 Immediately following the shooting, he was transported to the nearby Evangelismos Hospital where he was pronounced dead.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2008 Greek riots」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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