Before Greek MPs approved an austerity bill required under eurozone bailout terms, thousands of anti-austerity protesters took to the streets of Athens Wednesday, with mostly peaceful marches turning into violent clashes by nightfall.
Protesters in front of the parliament building shouted and carried banners that read "Cancel the bailout" and "No to the policies of the EU, the ECB, and the IMF," Agence France-Presse reports. Petrol bombs were thrown at police officers, who responded by throwing tear gas and sending protesters scrambling from Syntagma Square. Once a fairly common sight in Greece, violent clashes between protesters and police have become rare since the Syriza party came to power in January, AFP reports. Catherine Garcia
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