Day of Protests Ends with Molotov Cocktails

A day of protests, marred by sporadic violent clashes between protesters and police, ended Monday night with dozens of Molotov cocktails being hurled at police from in front of the Etnico Metsovio Polytechnio university on Oktovriou street in central Athens. Athens, Greece. 07/12/2009.

Central Athens has been gripped by protests since Sunday, the one year anniversary of Alexandros Grigoropoulos' killing by police in 2008. Several thousand students peacefully marched through down-town Athens on Monday afternoon ending their march at the Polytechnio. Using the law of asylum, which barrs police from entering onto university grounds, anarchists repeatedly threw stones and Molotov cocktails at police who were keeping their distance but who would occasionally charge and drive protesters back into the safety of the university campus.