Thessaloniki students hold protest in support of teen who bullied teacher

Students at a vocational training school in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, were staging a sit-in on Tuesday to protest the possibility of criminal charges being brought against a fellow pupil in the wake of the release of a video showing him verbally assaulting a teacher.

The cellphone video leaked on social media last week shows a teenage boy screaming at a teacher and threatening violence unless she cleared his record of an absence from class at a vocational high school (EPAL) in Kordelio, northeast of the city center. The incident reportedly took place in January 2019 and the student was punished with a one-day suspension.

According to Skai, the students protesting the possibility of legal action being taken against the teenager say that he has anger-management issues and should not be held accountable for his behavior.

Their decision to hold the sit-in...