The 2008 Greek riots started on December 6 when a Greek Police special guard, Epaminondas Korkoneas, shot and killed 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos in the Exarcheia district of Athens, following an altercation between police and a group of children. The confrontation resulted in widespread rioting and demonstrations across the city, with hundreds of demonstrators engaging riot police with Molotov cocktails and damaging property. Demonstrations and rioting later spread to several other cities, including Thessaloniki, Greece‘s second-largest city.

I believe that most of you already know what is going on in Greece these days so please allow me not to post any new posts on Webatlantis at least untill things in Greece calm down.  For more information visit this Wikipedia article on the current events: 2008 Greek Riots, or follow the #griots #hashtag on twitter for real-time microblogging on the riots.

To see what is going on visit some of the blogs that cover the events in photos:

• #Griots – Greek Riots in photos
• Teacher Dude on Flickr
• Magicasland on Flickr
• Argos on Flickr
• #Griots on Indymedia

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