Clashes break out at Greek general strike demonstration

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Clashes have broken out between riot police and youths at a demonstration in central Athens during the first general strike since the country’s left-led government initially came to power in January.

Youths broke away from a protest march Thursday, throwing Molotov cocktails at police who responded with tear gas and stun grenades.

Nearly 25,000 people had been participating in three separate demonstrations in central Athens.

The general strike has shut down all public services, disrupted public transport, closed museums, schools and pharmacies and led to the cancellation of more than a dozen domestic flights.