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100,000 protesters at anti-austerity rallies: Greek police

Monday, 13 February 2012 01:00

Zahidah Morcos

ATHENS: Around 80,000 protesters attended an anti-austerity protest in Athens, with another 20,000 protesting in the northern city of Thessaloniki, police said Sunday, revising their estimates upwards.

Demonstrators in the capital gathered outside the parliament building as deputies debated a government plan for a fresh wave of cuts. Greek police used tear gas on some protesters who threw petrol bombs.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2012

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