Riots over police shooting

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.

Youths wearing hoods smashed storefronts and cars in Athens. Riot police responded with tear gas while the fire department rushed to extinguish blazes.

Several banks, stores and at least one building were on fire on a major street leading to the capital’s police headquarters. Clashes also broke out near Parliament.