More than 6,000 police officers will be deployed in Athens this weekend in an attempt to quell violence that might be associated with the first anniversary of the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old boy.
Suspected anarchist youths attacked police targets in Athens and the southern city of Corinth on Friday, injuring two officers and raising fears a wave of rioting could once again engulf Greek cities.
Riots raged across Greece for more than two weeks last year following the death of Alexandros Grigoropoulos. Police failed to contain members of anarchist groups and violent students who smashed and looted stores across the capital.
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