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08:43, December 11, 2008 |
The two police officers who allegedly shot dead 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos at the weekend appeared before a magistrate court here Wednesday.
As the officers testified, a group of youths gathered outside the court and threw fire bombs at an outdoor television transmitter.
One of the two officers is accused of murder and the illegal use of weapons, while his colleague is charged as his accomplice.
The officers' lawyer Alexis Kouyias told reporters he believed the killing was accidental because the initial findings of the ballistic examination showed the bullet appeared to have ricocheted before hitting the teenager.
"The bullet is flattened on one side and the point of entry into the student's body is from above going down," he said.
Grigoropoulos was killed in police firing last Saturday, sparking several nights of rioting in Athens and other major cities of the country.
Source:Xinhua
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