(20 Dec 2008)
1. Wide of worker painting over graffiti on a wall of University of Athens library building (clients please note shot is less than one second in duration)
2. Close-up of graffiti being painted over
3. Wide of worker painting
4. Close-up of graffiti reading (English) "Keep bombing" next to an image of a man walking
5. Close-up of painter
6. Close-up of graffiti being painted over
7. Close-up of bucket of paint, paint brush being immersed into it
8. Close-up back shot of painter working
9. Wide of entrance marred by graffiti
10. Close-up of graffiti, includes image of three men marching, reading (English) "Keep bombing"
11. Low angle of statue with face painted black
12 Wide of two workers standing on ladders, cleaning windows
13. Mid of worker on ladder at window
14. Mid of statue with a placard placed in its hand
15. Pan right of building at the University of Athens
16. SOUNDBITE (Greek), Fotis, (last name not given), Athens resident:
"Every revolution which brings social changes brings catastrophes too. But they had dreams and ideals, they were organised, and had their own leaders to raise their message."
17. SOUNDBITE (Greek), Rena, No last name not given, Athens resident:
"Whatever happens, it was not necessary for all this destruction to happen. Why do the owners of the property have to pay the price?"
Reporter's question: What about the ancient statues?
"All of this is bad."
18. Wide of Acropolis
STORYLINE:
A clean up operation was underway on Saturday after a building at the University of Athens library building was covered in graffiti by demonstrators protesting against the killing of a teenager shot dead by police two weeks ago.
University authorities hired several painters to remove the reminders of days of protest and rioting at the University library building in downtown Athens.
The graffiti painted on the walls of the building calls for the continuation of the riots.
The faces of at least one statue was painted black by protesters and another statue had a placard placed in its hand.
Hundreds of students and youths gathered on Friday for a free concert in central Athens to support what organisers described as an uprising against state repression.
The two policemen involved in the shooting death of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos have been jailed pending trial.
One has been charged with murder and the other as an accomplice.
The violence first broke out on December 6 after the shooting turned the spotlight on years of dissatisfaction over social inequality, poor employment prospects for young people and increasing anger with the conservative government's economic policies.
But there was a mixed reaction to the violence on the streets of the capital on Saturday.
One resident in Athens, Fotis, said every revolution that brings social changes brings "catastrophes" too.
But Rena, also from Athens, said the destruction was not necessary and questioned why the owners of the property had to pay the price.
On Friday, masked youths attacked the French Cultural Centre in Athens with firebombs.
It was just one of a series of sporadic acts of violence that continues to hit the Greek capital almost every day since the teenager was killed nearly two weeks ago.
A group of about 50 protesters interrupted the official premiere of the Greek National Theatre late on Friday, holding up banners urging people to join in demonstrations.
In western Athens, masked youths damaged three cash machines and two bank fronts with stones and sticks.
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