[R-G] Greece seeks tear gas from Israel

[Anthony Fenton]

Greece seeks tear gas from Israel
Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:29:01 GMT
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=78348&sectionid=351020606

Unrest in Greece
Greece has asked Israel to provide it with emergency supplies of tear  
gas as the clashes continue in Athens between the youths and police.

Police officials say they urgently seek more tear gas from Israel and  
Germany as they run out of the gas amid ongoing riots.

Police sources said their riot squads had fired 4,600 tear gas  
canisters this week as rioters torched hundreds of banks and shops and  
occupied their campuses, where police are forbidden by law from  
entering.

The violence was sparked a week ago after police shot dead a 15-year- 
old boy. Groups of youths have raided stores in the residential and  
shopping district of Nea Smyrni, south of central Athens.

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