(Athens, Greece) Violent clashes mark anniversary of fatal police shooting

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Source: afp

AFP - Police clashed with hooded youths and the rector of Athens university was injured Sunday as violence flared in demonstrations marking the anniversary of a teenager's killing by a policeman last year.

Athens University rector Christos Kittas was rushed to hospital after protesters broke into the university's central Athens offices to occupy them, a police source said. Media reports said his injuries were light.

In the northern city of Thessaloniki, a Starbucks branch was set on fire and clashes also broke out between protesters and riot police on the sidelines of another large demonstration in 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos' memory.

Around 40 people were detained during the Athens protest, during which a number of shops and banks had their windows smashed.



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