Clashes between police and protesters have broken in downtown Athens out during protests commemorating the 10th anniversary of the murder of student Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a police officer in Exarchia district. The fighting erupted when the leading section of the large march reached the building of the Foreign Ministry on Stadiou street a little after 1 pm.

Protesters who earlier had broken slabs from the sidewalks outside the National Library began to hurl stones at police forces with the men of SWAT responded using tear gas.