Violence over protest law

Violence broke out in Athens yesterday during a mass demonstration against a new law to curb public protests, leaving six police officers injured. A group of protesters hurled gasoline bombs at riot police outside parliament, while police responded with tear gas and flash grenades. Police said they arrested nine people and detained 15 others were for questioning. Demonstrations held in Athens and dozens of other Greek cities and towns to oppose the plans by the center-right government that would allow it to prosecute protesters attending unsanctioned rallies and to hold protest organisers responsible for damage caused if rallies turn violent .