Rioters Rampage through Greece; the World Today VIOLENCE: Mobs Throw Athens and Thessaloniki into Turmoil after Teen's Death

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Byline: By Staff Reporter

RIOTERS rampaged through Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki today, hurling Molotov cocktails, burning stores and blocking city streets with flaming barricades after protests against the fatal police shooting of a teenager erupted into chaos.

Youths wearing hoods smashed storefronts and cars in Athens. Riot police responded with tear gas while the fire department rushed to extinguish blazes.

Several bank branches, stores and at least one building were on fire on a major street leading to the capital's police headquarters. Clashes also broke out near Parliament.

Streets quickly emptied as word of the violence …