Thousands march as strike shuts down Greece

Riot police clashed with demonstrators outside parliament today as a general strike paralysed Greece, shutting down schools, hospitals and international flights and raising pressure on a fragile government reeling from four days of riots.

Thousands march as strike shuts down Greece

Riot police clashed with demonstrators outside parliament today as a general strike paralysed Greece, shutting down schools, hospitals and international flights and raising pressure on a fragile government reeling from four days of riots.

The lawyer for the two officers charged after the fatal shooting of a teenager which set off the unrest said ballistics show 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos was killed by a ricochet and not a direct shot.

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