Video of the shooting of a teenager by police in Athens, 2008

Victim of police shooting, Alex Grigoropoulos.

Victim of police shooting, Alex Grigoropoulos.

Film footage of the incident in which 15 year old Alexandros Grigoropoulos was shot dead by police in the Exarchia area of Athens.

The quality of the footage is quite poor unfortunately.

The killing has provoked days of rioting across Greece.

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