Greek pensioner kills himself over cuts and set off riots

Violent clashes took place in Athens as Greek police used tear gas and flash grenades to disperse an angry crowd of protesters. The demonstration was provoked by the suicide of a retired pharmacist sent over the edge by national austerity measures.

­Some 1,500 people took part in the late evening protest on Wednesday in Athens’s central Syntagma Square in front of the parliament.

Angry people were throwing stones and firebombs at riot police officers.

Security forces used tear gas and flash grenades against the demonstrators to curb the violent attacks.
On Wednesday a 77-year-old man committed suicide in the same square. According to a note published by local media, the man said it was the only dignified path he could take.

He also compared the current Greek government to the one the country had under the Nazi Germany occupation and warned that the cabinet would eventually face the same fate as Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini.

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