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Source: Reuters
Scores of rioters rampaged through central Athens after police shot dead a teenage boy who attempted to throw a petrol bomb at a patrol car, police officials said.
The youths smashed shop windows and set fire to refuse containers after the shooting, which took place in the traditionally left-wing Exarchia district of the Greek capital.
"Hundreds of them hit the streets, probably for revenge ... Dozens of police units are gathering to try to control the situation," said a police official, who declined to be named.
Tear gas filled the narrow streets of the busy neighbourhood and restaurants closed their shutters, witnesses said.
Police said there were no arrests or reports of injuries so far.
The shooting took place after a group of around six youths started pelting a police vehicle with stones. When one tried to throw a petrol bomb, a policeman shot him in the stomach, said the official.
The boy, who was not identified but said to be 15 years old, was confirmed dead after being taken to hospital, police said.
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