tense and struggles between greek policing and anarchist activists took place in the east of athens , greece , during the anti - war demonstration of the 4th european social forum but is taking site in the greek capital , from 4 to 7 of january 2006 . the march of the roughly 1 , 000 anarchists ended with clashes between groups of anarchists and police . riot police used nerve gas , while a branch of a greek bank , a healthy - food store and nearly 50 shop windows in central rome were damaged .
The riots in Greece started on December 6.