Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-12-08
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[01] Coroner confirms that bullet killed Grigoropoulos
[01] Coroner confirms that bullet killed Grigoropoulos
The coroner that carried out the autopsy on the body of 15-year-old
Alexis Grigoropoulos on Monday has confirmed that his death was the
result of being shot in the chest by a fire-arm.
Completing his examination in the presence of an expert representing
the boy's family, coroner Christos Lefkidis said the boy had been
hit in the chest by a bullet from a small-calibre fire-arm, which
had gone through his heart and lodged in his 10th vertebrae.
The bullet was removed and given to the police forensics service for
a ballistics investigation.
The coroner did not specify whether the bullet that killed the boy
had hit him directly or as a result of a ricochet, saying that this
would be answered by the ballistics report that would be released
later on Monday or by Tuesday at the latest.
Grigoropoulos was killed when a police officer opened fire following
an altercation with a group of youths in the Athens district of
Exarhia.
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