Hundreds of demonstrators threw fire bombs at police, smashed shop windows and burned vehicles in Greece's two main cities today, in a second day of protests at the killing of a 15-year-old boy by police.
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In Thessaloniki, a protest by more than 1,000 people descended into violence when marchers lobbed firebombs at police. Demonstrators chanted "Killers in Uniform" at police.
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Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, whose government has been rocked by scandal and an economic slowdown, pledged action in a public apology to the father of the dead boy.
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It was the first time since 1985 that a minor had been killed in clashes with police. The 1985 killing sparked months of almost daily clashes between police and protesters.
Greece, where one in five lives below the poverty line, has seen a rising wave of anti-government strikes and youth protests in recent months as the global slowdown has started to bite.
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