Reuters
09 December, 2008
A man's hand drips blood as he stands in front of riot police at a demonstration outside the Greek parliament. Protests were triggered when a boy (15) was killed by a police bullet in an incident in the city three days earlier. Demonstrations widened to include broader expressions of political grievance, in what became Greece's worst rioting in decades.
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