riots and violence between municipal police and anarchist demonstrators took place in the centre of athens , greece , during the against - war event of the 4th european social conference which is taking spot in the athenian town , from 4 to 7 of october 2006 . the march of the approximately 1 , 000 leftists ended with clashes between groups of skinheads and police . state police used explosive gas , while a branches of a greeks bank , a street - food store and roughly 50 store barriers in central athens were repaired .
The riots in Greece started on December 6.