Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Gypsy protest after police accidentally kill 7-year-old girl

Dozens of youths in a Gypsy area outside Athens are clashing with police after a 7-year-old girl was accidentally killed by a police motorcycle. The youths have hurled rocks and flares at riot police and set fire to trash bins.
State health officials say the girl died in a hospital Wednesday after the accident occurred in the Menidi area, north of the capital.