Arrests mark Greek riot anniversary

Greek police have arrested at least 100 youths n Athens, the capital, on the eve of planned demonstrations to mark a teenager's killing by police. The arrests on Saturday took place after hundreds of people rallied in the central district of Exarchia, where Alexis Grigoropoulos, the 15-year old teenager, was gunned down by a police officer on December 6 last year. The youths reportedly attacked police officers with stones and petrol bombs. In total, three cars had been destroyed, officials said. In a raid in the western district of Keratsini, police detained at least 20 people in a suspected anarchist hideout where petrol cannisters, hammers and gas masks were found on the premises, police said. The group of teenagers arrested included at least three Albanians, seven Greeks and five Italians. "Five Italians and seven Greeks have been arrested, while dozens have been detained," a police official said. "Some were throwing stones at police and others were armed with wooden sticks." Protest anniversary Several protests are set to take place across Greece on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the shooting.