Greeks stage third general strike

Clashes on sidelines of national strike held to protest over state of country’s economy.

More than 30,000 people have joined demonstrations in Athens as workers held a nationwide strike to show their anger over the country’s deepening financial crisis.

Street clashes erupted on the sidelines of the protest in the capital, with masked youths smashing shop fronts and knocking police off motorbikes.

Barnaby Phillips reports from Athens.

Source: Al Jazeera