On Octoa Greek policeman was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos. It has nothing to do with any values, it has nothing to do with any political thinking, it's pure violence, so we are facing it again after November 17." Of the current crop of terrorists who parade under the banners of Revolutionary Struggle and Sect of Revolutionaries she says, "I believe this is the worst fascist ideology. Her first husband Pavlos was assassinated 20 years ago. The former Public Order Minister, Michalis Chrysochoides, who was in power when the November 17 terrorist group was rounded before the Athens Olympics in 2004, declares the latest terrorist groups to be "very strong, they are very dangerous, they want blood."įor Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis terrorism is not just a current dilemma. Thousands of people protested in the Greek city of Athens on Monday to mark the 13th anniversary of the fatal shooting of teenager, Alexis Grigoropoulos, by a police officer in 2008.
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While the precise circumstances of the killing remain to be established - the trial of the police has yet to begin - there's no doubt that Greeks are engaged in painful introspection why are young Greeks so disillusioned with the state that they've succumbed to the lure of anarchism and in some cases even terrorism. He is the child that all of Greece has lost." "Alexandros no longer belongs to just his family. Since the death of Alexandros his family has declined to deal with the politically partisan Greek media but Vatsikopoulous was given privileged access to the home of the teenager and was able to speak to his godmother, Eli Roussos who says, "There can be no justification in a law-abiding democratic state when a 15 year old boy falls victim to police brutality. Reporting from Athens, Helen Vatsikopoulos found herself in the middle of fascist rallies, tear-gassed in running battles between anarchists and police, on the scene of a terrorist bank bombing and digging into the many political scandals which have shamed members of parliament. Students, anarchists, and even terrorists, have hijacked Alexandros' name - and the manner of his death - to create chaos in the birthplace of democracy. The fatal shooting of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos six months ago plunged central Athens into three weeks of rioting even now demonstrations and riot police regularly close down key parts of the Greek capital to the bewilderment of summer tourists. Argyropoulos (18831962) was born in London and was the son of the Greek ambassador to the United Kingdom.He trained as an agricultural engineer. Antagonism creates a lot of havoc," says Professor Nikos Markatos of the Athens Polytechnic. "Every morning, every Greek watches himself in the mirror and sees Alexander the Great, never a caricature and that's a problem - a well known Greek novelist said this once upon a time - and I believe he's very right. This is quite common in Europe," says Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis. It was perceived as murder by the younger generation in Greece so they went out to the streets. "We had an assassination of a very young boy, 15 years old, by a policeman.
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