BBC-Tributes in Greece to pensioner who killed himself

Greeks have been holding a vigil at the spot in the capital, Athens, where a pensioner shot himself, apparently in despair over austerity cuts.

People stood silently around the tree on Syntagma Square, outside parliament, where Dimitris Christoulas, 77, killed himself on Wednesday morning.
In a note he left at the scene, he said the cuts had wiped out the pension he had earned.
Clashes between protesters and riot police followed his death.
Syntagma has been the scene of massive protests and angry clashes over the austerity measures Greece has been forced to implement in return for huge international loans.
Cases of suicide and depression are reported to have increased in Greece, which formerly had the lowest suicide rate in Europe.