Violent clashes at Athens demo between anarchists and extreme right-wingers
Date Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:39:06 +0200
Greek riot police have fired tear gas to break up clashes in Athens between anarchists and extreme right-wingers who were holding an anti-immigration rally.
Police intervened after scores of youths wearing motorcycle helmets and armed with sticks pelted each other with stones, bottles and flares.
The violence broke out when about 100 anarchists mounted a counter-protest during a demonstration against illegal immigration in the Aghios Panteleimon district of central Athens, which has a large
immigrant population.
There were no immediate reports of casualties during Monday's disturbances, which came just weeks after Greece's worst street riots in decades, sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager.
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