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April 6, 2012

Greece: Police Fire Tear Gas as Protesters Blame Gov’t for Retiree’s Suicide 
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In Greece, protests continued for a second day after a retired
pharmacist shot and killed himself near the Parliament building after
writing a note that blamed his suicide on the economic crisis. Police
fired tear gas and flash grenades at protesters in Syntagma Square
Thursday near the site of the suicide. Under the tree where Dimitris
Christoulas shot himself, many people left messages saying the
government’s harsh austerity policies were to blame for his death.



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