Protests are expected for a third day in Greece, after rioting erupted over the fatal shooting of an anarchist teenager by police.

Rallies now become more politically motivated, with protest called in Athens on Monday by the Greek Communist Party and the socialist PASOK opposition party.

Riots began on Saturday after 15-year-old Andreas Grigoropoulos was shot dead by police in the traditionally left-wing Exarchia area of Athens. A police statement said that one of the officers had fired three shots after their car was attacked by around 30 youths.

After the tragic case, anti-police riots quickly spread to Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, to the northern cities of Komotini and Ioannina, and to Crete.

The Greek Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos then handed in his resignation, but Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis rejected it.

Clashes between the Greek police and anarchists groups have quite a long history. A similar shooting in 1985 led to years of violence.

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