A protester wearing a mask walks in front of a car that is being overturned during riots in central Athens, Greece, Thursday Dec. 18, 2008. The protesters broke away from a peaceful rally and hurled rocks and firebombs at police and buildings near parliament, overturned a car and set fire to trash bins. Police responded with tear gas. Thursday's clashes were the latest outbreak of violence after the police's fatal shooting Dec. 6 of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)Protesters Riot Again in Athens -- New York Times
ATHENS — A large but peaceful demonstration in central Athens turned violent Thursday when rioters threw rocks and firebombs at the police and tried to burn down the city’s main Christmas tree, which had just been replaced after being torched in a protest last week.
The rioters, a group of youths including anarchists, had been marching behind the demonstrators.
The police fought back with tear gas and drove the rioters back toward the administrative headquarters of Athens University and the university’s law school. After another round of pitched battles between masked rioters and the police, several hundred militant protesters entered the law school and seized control of it.
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