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Greek unrest after pensioner suicide outside parliament
Protesters clash with riot police in Athens, hours after a pensioner shot himself dead outside parliament, blasting politicians over the country's financial crisis in his suicide note.
April 05, 2012
(BBC NEWS) Athens - The 77-year-old man killed himself in the city's busy Syntagma Square on Wednesday morning.
Greek media reported he had left a suicide note accusing the government of cutting his pension to nothing.
Flowers have been laid at the spot where he died and tributes have been paid online.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the square outside parliament on Wednesday evening, the scene of many large protests in recent months.
