A man reacts as he stands in front of riot police at Lithuania's Parliament building in Vilnius, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse anti-government protesters throwing rocks and eggs at Lithuania's Parliament on Friday. About a dozen windows on the parliament building, located in downtown Vilnius, were shattered. About 7,000 people gathered outside Lithuania's Parliament Friday morning to demonstrate against unpopular reforms aimed at combating the Baltic state's deepening economic crisis. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)From Yahoo News/AP:
VILNIUS, Lithuania – Violent political protests sweeping parts of Eastern Europe spread Friday to Lithuania, where police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at a rock-throwing mob attacking Parliament.
Fifteen people were injured and more than 80 detained in several hours of street fighting between angry protesters and helmeted riot police.
The violence followed similar riots this week in Bulgaria and Latvia amid a wave of discontent over economic woes, difficult reforms and government corruption. In all three countries, peaceful anti-government rallies ended in vandalism and brawls with police.
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