Riots erupted overnight on December 6th in the center of Athens as citizens retaliated in anger over the murder of a 15 year old boy by a police officer.
The story, according to news sources is that a group of youths attacked a police car, throwing molotov cocktails. The police officers, after attempting to defend themselves, then threw tear gas while one drew his gun firing twice in the air and once straight ahead, hitting one of the youths in the chest. He died upon arrival at the hospital.
Here are some sources to verify this side of the story:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-12-06-greece-riot_N.htm?csp=34
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28090788/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/06/riot-erupts-in-central-at_n_148...
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/19/greece.strikes.ap/index.h...
All accounts according to these stories sound eerily similar. What they also share in common is the lack of reason or motivation on behalf of the youths who supposedly initiated this attack.
The Official, in attempt to show goodwill to both sides, will not give a biased interpretation of events leading up to the incident. What we will do however, is attempt to fill in the gaps of this story by offering the following theories on the motivations of the attack on the police vehicle:
a) Sparked by jealousy, the youths attacked the police officers, cause women dig men in uniform
b) In disdain of her lame attempts at fame, it was rumoured that Paris Hilton was in the police car
c) The youths, having run out of vodka and rum, only had molotov cocktails to offer the officers
d) The youths got up Saturday morning and thought, 'nice weather out, lets go bomb the police'
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