Is Greece burning?

Hundreds of youths angered by the fatal police shooting of a teenager have rampaged through Greece's two largest cities for a second day in some of the worst rioting the country has seen in years.

Gangs smashed stores, torched cars and erected burning barricades Sunday in the streets of Athens and Thessaloniki. Riot police clashed with groups of mostly self-styled anarchists throwing Molotov cocktails, rocks and bottles. Clouds of tear gas hung in the air, sending passers-by scurrying for cover.

Rioting in several cities, including Hania in Crete and cities in northern Greece, began within hours of the death Saturday night of a 15-year-old shot by police in Exarchia. The downtown Athens district of bars, music clubs and restaurants is seen as the anarchists' home base.

Soon stores, banks and cars were ablaze. More...

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