Participants in the riots in Athens set fire to a vast New Year's tree.

Members anti-government demonstrations in Athens set fire to a vast New Year's tree, located opposite the parliament building, Reuters reported Dec. 8. They also set fire to a large department store in central Athens.
In all, the same difficulty in three Greek cities, where the pogroms - Athens, Thessaloniki and Trikale - the rioters looted more than 100 shops and set fire to more than two dozen banks. The protestors also attacked several police stations. The total number of affected more than 40 people.
In addition, attacks were subjected to the Greek consulate in Berlin and the embassy in London.
The mass unrest in Greece with the participation of students and radical youth began on Saturday. The reason for them was the killing of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropolusa, attacked police. The officer shot and killed a teenager was arrested. On questioning he stated that acted in self-defense and shot when he saw that Grigoropolus going to flash a fire-bombs at police.