Police and demonstrators continued to battle on the streets of Athens last weekend despite revelations that the death of 15-year-old student Alexandros Grigoropoulos earlier in the month was caused by a deflected bullet rather than a direct shot.

The police ballistics report on the bullet that killed Grigoropoulos indicates that it had hit something else before hitting the boy in the chest. The violence has held the country in a vice-grip of fear for the past three weeks.  Gangs of youths, throwing stones and Molotov cocktails, have engaged with the police and wrecked businesses as they vented their anger and frustration.

Within 24 hours, from Moscow to Madrid, sympathetic groups of people showed solidarity with the Greeks by protesting and rioting in their own towns and cities.

London, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Frankfurt, …