A 77-year-old man shot himself in a busy square 100 yards away from the Greek parliament on April 4, prompting protests from citizens who blame the government and its austerity measures for the man’s death.
“I can’t find another way to react apart from putting a dignified end to things before I start looking through garbage in order to survive and before I become a burden for my child,” said his suicide note, according to the Greek paper Ekathimerini. He reportedly compared the Greek government to the regime installed under the Nazis.
