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Greek riot police fired teargas to disperse groups of stone-throwing protesters in central Athens after they hurled fire bombs and set cars ablaze.
Greece has been rocked by a wave of violence since December, when the fatal police shooting of a teenager triggered the worst riots in decades, shaking the fragile conservative government.
The youths, who police described as anarchists, set fire to garbage cans and cars. There were no injuries but at least two arrests in the clashes that started after about 200 people protested against a rally by far rightists.
Police said the Golden Dawn ultra nationalist group gathered in the city's Omonia square and attacked immigrants.
"There were reports by immigrants that they were attacked and beaten by far rightists," said a police spokesman who requested anonymity. "Three were taken to hospital."
Thousands of illegal immigrants have crossed into Greece, hoping to find their way into the European Union. Most have no jobs and live in squalid conditions.
