Greece braced itself for more violence today as it prepared for the funeral of the youth whose shooting by police sparked the worst riots in decades.

Hundreds of youths smashed, burned and looted their way through Greek cities in a third day of mayhem after the shooting of a teenager by police sparked the worst riots in decades.

GANGS of rock-throwing youths made sporadic attacks on police stations across Athens, stoned the Interior Ministry and clashed with riot police outside parliament yesterday in a third day of violence protesting the police shooting of a teenager.

Police fired tear gas at rioting youths smashing up shops today in the third day of rioting sparked by their shooting dead an Athens teenager.

RIOTERS rampaged through Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki yesterday, hurling petrol bombs, burning stores and blocking city streets with flaming barricades after protests against the fatal police shooting of a teenager erupted into chaos.

Hundreds of rioters are fighting pitched battles with police in the cities of Athens and Thessaloniki following the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy in central Athens last night.