A protest against plans for campus police forces at Greek universities, ended in violent clashes on Thursday 26 May.

Riot police in and around Thessaloniki University's campus fired tear gas to disperse crowds throwing fireworks, stones and petrol bombs during a protest against government plans to introduce police to university campuses.

Thousands took part in the march through Thessaloniki on Thursday.

Later, shop windows were attacked, rubbish bins were set on fire, and missiles were thrown at police, who responded with tear gas.

Footage showed one hooded protester being arrested after he got trapped inside an archaeological site. At least eight people were detained.

Protesters are angry at government plans to introduce a new police body to guard university campuses, which critics say lack effective private security and suffer from political violence and petty crime.

Tear gas and firebombs at clashes against police presence inside Greek university. Riot police in Thessaloniki Greece fired tear gas to disperse crowds attacking them with firebombs and stones on Thursday night during a protest against government plans to introduce policing on university campuses. A march of thousands students end up in heavy clashes with riot police inside Thessaloniki university campus. Rioters hurled flares and molotov cocktails towards police forces who responded with chemical and tear gas. Soon after clashes broke up at city streets and police chased groups of protesters. Footage shows a hooded person arrested after he got got trapped inside an archaeological site.

About 5,000 members of left-wing and anarchist groups took part in the march through the center of Thessaloniki, with some smashing shop windows and setting rubbish bins on fire. At least eight people were detained.

Protesters are angry at government plans to introduce a new police body to guard university campuses, which lack effective private security and have suffered from political violence as well as petty crime.