Thessaloniki: Flares & Flash Bombs Fly in Greek Austerity Riots (video)

Police clashed with violent demonstrators in Greece’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki as more than 25,000 people ranging from taxi-drivers to sports fans joined a wave of anti-austerity protests, while Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou delivered his annual, keynote speech on the economy.

Two people were arrested and nearly 100 people detained, police said, while at least two demonstrators were injured during the clashes.

Fire bombs were seen being thrown at riot police opposite the university as they stood on the grounds of the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair where Prime Minister George Papandreou delivered his address.