"It wasn't suicide, it was murder" - marchers remember 77 year oldpensioner who took his own life this morning.

"It wasn't suicide, it was murder" - marchers remember 77 year old pensioner who took his own life this morning., a photo by Teacher Dude's BBQ on Flickr.

"An elderly man who took his life outside the Greek parliament in Athens , in apparent desperation over his debts, has highlighted the human cost of an economic crisis that has not only brought the country to the brink financially, but also seen suicides soar.

As Greeks digested the news, with politicians clearly as shocked as society at large, mourners made their way to Syntagma square, where the retired pharmacist shot himself with a handgun."

www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/04/greek-man-shoots-him...