On Tuesday, Greek riot police used stun grenades and tear gas in Athens to disperse about 3,000 left-wing marchers protesting a visit by President Barack Obama after they tried to enter the restricted area to demonstrators.
When youths in motorcycle helmets and gas masks, armed with petrol bombs and wooden clubs, the violence broke out and the youths tried to break a police cordon in front of a barrier formed by police buses.
Rioters pulled back to the Athens Polytechnic university complex, site of a 1973 student uprising, and engaged in running street fights with police, throwing dozens of petrol bombs.
Anarchist group and Left-wing who organized the protest had planned to reach the US embassy in Athens. But authorities banned demonstrations in a large swath of the city to ensure that protesters came nowhere near Obama, who was attending a dinner at the residence of Greek President Procopis Pavlopoulos.
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