A protester kicks a tear gas canister at riot police during clashes in central Athens on Friday. The fighting started after a group of demonstrators broke away from a student rally attended by several thousand people protesting government education reforms. Thanassis Stavrakis / APFrom MSNBC:
First major test of government's 'zero tolerance' policy; at least 6 detained.
ATHENS, Greece — Masked youths clashed with police in central Athens Friday in the first major test of the Greek government's vow to crack down on violent protesters after a month of nationwide riots.
A group of demonstrators broke away from a rally by thousands of students protesting government education reforms and hurled rocks and flares at riot police who responded with tear gas and flash grenades. At least six protesters were detained, an Associated Press reporter witnessed.
The rally was the first demonstration since conservative Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis vowed tougher policing to counter the "catastrophic violence" of nationwide riots last month sparked by the police's fatal shooting of a teenager on Dec. 6.
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