Day 6 Of Greek Uprising As Solidarity Actions Spread

"Students have attacked at least 15 police stations in Athens, the Greek capital, amid continuing violence prompted by the shooting of a 15-year-old boy by police.

At least 500 people descended on the central police station in the northern city of Thessaloniki, according to Reuters. Groups of people were reportedly gathering in the western port of Patras and Ioannina.

A student rally is scheduled for Thursday afternoon, with more protests planned on Friday and Monday." (source)

"A riot at the Koyrdallos prison, in a western suburb of the city, began after several hundred protesters started throwing rocks and other missiles at police, a prison guard said.

The police responded by firing tear gas at the protesters.

While the guard said the prison was "calm", demonstrators were refusing to leave the scene and were staging a sit-in." (source)

"In Spain, 11 protesters were arrested and several police officers injured when clashes took place in Madrid and Barcelona.

In Copenhagen, 32 people were arrested when their protest in support of the Greek protests turned violent.

In neighbouring Turkey, about a dozen left-wing protesters daubed red paint over the front of the Greek consulate in Istanbul.

Around 150 people belonging to a Danish underground movement took to the streets, throwing bottles and paint bombs at buildings, police cars and officers. In Moscow and Rome, protesters threw petrol bombs at Greece's embassies." (source)

"The infamous bicycle bomber may have struck again Wednesday - this time vandalizing the Greek consulate by hurling a brick through a window and leaving behind a message referring to last week's fatal police shooting in Athens of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos.

The previous bombings - in March at the Times Square military recruitment station; last year at the Mexican consulate; and in 2005 at the British consulate - did not cause major damage or injure anyone. Investigators believe the same person is responsible for all the attacks.

By late yesterday, police had a fourth mystery. Someone rode a gold bike to the Greek consulate on East 79th Street about 4 a.m., threw the brick and spray-painted in black "Alex was here" and "Murderer," and the anarchist symbol, a capital "A" within a circle." (source)

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December 8
December 9
December 10