Riot police fired tear gas Saturday to disperse anti-austerity protesters marching in Greece's second-largest city ahead of the prime minister's annual speech on the economy.
From taxi drivers to sports fans, more than 17,000 angry citizens were protesting in the northern port of Thessaloniki. Police said they were attacked with flare guns, stones, sticks and even a petrol bomb, and they arrested two people while detaining another 94.
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