A protestor provokes riot police while students block off Syntagma (Parliament) Square. Greek protesters unleashed a wave of violence on Saturday night, led by the firebombing of an Athens police station moments after silent vigils for a teenager killed one week ago wound down. (AFP/Olivier Laban-Mattei)From The Telegraph:
To millions of British holidaymakers it is a summer playground of sun, sea and ancient treasures, but a week of fierce rioting and violent street battles has uncovered a far darker side to Greece.
The explosion of rage that has engulfed the country over a police officer's fatal shooting of a 15-year-old schoolboy could not be further from its tourist brochure image of shady tavernas, quaint fishing villages and sparkling Aegean bays.
Athens – the cradle of Western civilisation – has been turned into a war zone, its streets jammed with the burnt-out wrecks of cars and its pavements blackened by soot and liquid oozing from melted rubbish bins.
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