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Greek protesters attack Finance Ministry building


    ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek protesters attacked offices of the Finance Ministry off Syntagma Square outside parliament on Wednesday as voting began on an austerity package needed to secure financing from international lenders.

    About 30 people with sticks and iron bars attacked the ministry offices in Syntagma, police sources said, breaking the windows at the entrance and on higher floors.

    They were repulsed by police firing tear gas and chased into nearby streets. Three protesters were injured in the incident, police said, which came after more than two hours of cat-and-mouse clashes between stone-throwing demonstrators and police firing tear gas in the central Athens square.

    (Reporting by George Georgiopoulos; editing by James MacKenzie)