Greek police charged with murder

A Greek police officer has been charged with murder for allegedly shooting dead a teenager.

Police officer Epaminondas Korkoneas was charged with murder and police officer Vassilios Saraliotis was charged as an accomplice to murder.

On Wednesday, the Athens court ordered both men to be held in jail pending their trial. No date for the trial was set.

But lawyers defending the officer who fired the shot say the bullet ricocheted and accidentally killed the teenage boy.

Violence has erupted in Athens, the Greek capital, as people across the country took part in a general strike against the government's economic policies.

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