The police had completely lost control yesterday, so on Tuesday they used every mean possible to gain control of the situation. The riot cops attacked the protesters in many occasions for no reason, trying to break up even the peaceful protesters, took out the guns and opened fire, made numerous arrests, used huge amounts of tear gas in urban areas and thousand of residents had trouble breathing.

On Tuesday morning, thousands of highschool students were on the streets again. In many cities they classed with the police and there were arrests. During the past 2 days in EVERY greek city, even the smaller ones there were demonstrations and attacks on police stations and banks by students and others.

The media are covering the police and they follow the police's guiding lines trying to make the people turn against the protesters. They are trying to scare the people and stop them from participating on the revolt. They also mislead the viewers, saying that the anarchists are burning down small businesses and shops without showing any images. However the vast majority of the attacked and burned buildings are banks, governmental buildings (ministries etc), multinational businesses and big corporations.

Today the funeral of Alexis took place and the police in many occasions used violence to stop students that were heading to the cemetery to attend. However thousands of students and people showed up. The streets around the cemetery were full. The police was also there when they had no right to be and they were provocative as always. Reports say that riot cops were shouting to students things as “Where is Alexis now?” and “You will be next”. Of course the people reacted and started throwing rocks at them and setting fire barricades. The police's plan was obviously to break up the people attending the funeral and they used tear gas and their sticks on students who where there for the funeral of their friend. One (at least) cop, took out his gun and fired 15 shots! The police said that it was only one shot because he was alone and he was surrounded and attacked by anarchists but the shots from cameras are different. At the moment of shooting, there is a group of about 15 bike cops together, the protesters are far away and the cop just takes his gun out and start firing in the air!

Photos and video of the shooting: http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=937475

In the afternoon the demonstrations and classes continued in many cities. In Athens and Thessaloniki around the universities, in Patras protesters try to reach the Central police station. In smaller cities the same.

In Patras right-wing thugs and members of neo-nazi groups together with undercover cops are helping the police (this it not the first time that they act together, there is a huge issue in greece about their collaboration in numerous occasions) by hunting protesters and throwing rocks at them. Even the city mayor confirmed that! In the early 90's, in the city of Patras, in a similar situation, a teacher was MURDERED by a right-wing thug (at the time he was a member of the then and now in power party) who was again helping the police, during school strikes. The thugs are in groups of 10-20 people, carrying sticks and knives, organized by the cops are walking around in the streets trying to find protesters. A protester was STUBBED! The media say they are plain people and shop owners trying to protect their stores but this is not true since there are reports that only the police, banks and governmental building were attacked in Patras. Lies, lies, lies by the media!

Right-wing thugs and members of the Chrisi Augi (neo-nazi group) seem to work together with the police in other cities too. There are reports of a girl stubbed in Athens and protesters and immigrants attacked! It's hard to gather information. The media keep lying about shop-owners and raged residents...

Tenths of gatherings and demonstrations outside greek embassies and consulates took place across europe! There is need for international solidarity!

more in english: http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=933218

It is getting harder and harder to gather information. Today it was the General Strike day in Greece and there was a big gathering at Sintagma square, outside the parliament, where clashes with the police had taken place the previous days. Together with the labors were standing pupils, students, anarchists and others. Once again the highschool students stood infront of the riot police lines and voiced their dislike. The police tried to push them away and the students fought back by throwing rocks and other objects. More people stepped in and threw rocks and petrol bombs and the police started throwing tear gas. The clashes then spread out on nearby streets and finally the rioters were gathered in the NTUA (Polytechnic University) which have been occupied by the protesters since the day the revolt started. Until late at night, fights with the police were taking place. The police once again had on its side members of the neo-nazi/far right group Hrisi Augi (Golden Dawn) which were armed with sticks and knives and they were making attacks on the protesters and then were hiding behind the riot police lines.

Today the two cops that killed the 15 year old Alex appeared before a judge. The 11 page long testimony of the murder cop is offensive against the boy, saying among others that “the boy was a football hooligan and that they were at the Exarchia area to make attacks as he his alike do every week”. In no point he apologized and in the end he asked to be set free. His lawyer, Alexis Kougias (well known for defending rich scumbags and using his connections with politicians and the media for his benefit) is trying for days now to mislead the people by saying that the ballistic report showed that the shot was not direct and that the bullet ricocheted. The official report has been out yet. However there are fears that the ballistic reports will be forged to show that the shot was not direct, although there are tenths of eye witnesses saying that the cop took his gun out, aimed and shot the kid. The judge decided that the two cops will stay in jail, at least for now. Outside the courthouse there were people gathered and they threw some rocks and two petrol bombs.

Small part of the cop's testimony:

http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2008/12/11/the-murderer-on-alexandros-%E2%80%9Che-had-exhibited-deviant-behaviour%E2%80%9D/

In the past two days there are more and more photos published, showing undercover cops and right wing thugs, dressed as protesters with their faces covered together with the police or making arrests. There are also numerous reports of protesters-like men, showing up behind the police lines, joining the demonstrations and then breaking and smashing small shops and cars. Moreover, if you watch the videos of the events in the past days, you can see people with hoods and protester-look behind the police. It is clear that this is part of the government to turn the public opinion against the protesters. It is not the first time this has happened either.

Photos of undercover cops and right-wing thugs in action:

http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=937920

http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=939524

http://patras.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&from_admin=1&article_id=2835#2988

http://patras.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=2953

In other cities, students and more people were on the streets again, demonstrating, clashing with the police, occupying governmental buildings and more but the actions were less in number than previous days. The numbers of the arrested in every city is still unclear. There are some information but it's still early to tell. For sure there are hundreds across the country. Some of the arrested were released (mostly the underaged) but some will be heavily charged.

International acts of solidarity:

The number of solidarity acts across the world are increasing. Here are some cities, possibly not all, on which actions, gatherings and demonstrations took place:

London, Bristol (UK), New York (US), Paris (France), Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo (Spain), Copenhagen (Denmark), Stockholm (Sweden), Sofia (Bulgaria), Rome, Florence (Italy), Berlin, Hamburg, Koln, Dresden, Hanover, Leipzig, Potsdam, Bremen, Jena, Dortmund,Frankfurt (Germany), Lefkosia (Cyprus), Istanbul (Turkey), Bern (Switzerland), Glasgow, Edinburgh (Scotland), Amsterdam, Hague, Nijmegen (Netherlands), Warsaw, Poznan (Poland), Brussels (Belgium), Mexico.

There are arrests in London, Copenhagen, Spain and maybe more. Solidarity with every arrestee!

For more translations and reports in english:

http://tapesgoneloose.blogspot.com/

http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/