Tributes in Greece to pensioner who killed himself
Greeks have been holding a vigil at the spot in the capital, Athens, where a pensioner shot himself, apparently in despair over austerity cuts.
People stood silently around the tree on Syntagma Square, outside parliament, where Dimitris Christoulas, 77, killed himself on Wednesday morning.
In a note he left at the scene, he said the cuts had wiped out the pension he had earned.
Clashes between protesters and riot police followed his death.
Mark Lowen reports.
05 Apr 2012
- From the section Europe