4 Deaths Spark Protest March in Athens : Greece: An anti-government rally Thursday turned violent. Today, the chant is “Burn Down Parliament!”

ATHENS —  Thousands of demonstrators marched through the capital today to protest the deaths of four people during an anti-government rally a day earlier.

The main socialist opposition party today was debating whether to put forward a censure motion against the conservative government of Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis, its press office said.

“Why hasn’t the government fallen? The faster it does the better,” former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, told reporters.

Mitsotakis blamed his political opponents for inciting the riots.

In today’s protest, demonstrators marched through the city from in front of the old Athens University buildings in downtown Athens, shouting “Burn down Parliament!” Police reported no serious incidents in today’s protest.

The four people whose deaths the marchers were protesting died in a building burned down during Thursday’s demonstration. At least 83 people, including 23 police, were injured during Thursday’s demonstration.

Opposition parties have accused police of accidentally setting the building ablaze with a tear gas canister and then allegedly delaying fire crews en route to the fire. Police said the fire was ignited by self-described anarchists who went on an arson rampage.

“Is it democracy to hurl gasoline bombs and to set innocent people on fire? Do they feel no shame for the fact that three innocent Greek citizens died, were burned alive in a fire set by fanatics?” Mitsotakis asked.

Students have been occupying thousands of high schools across the country for several weeks to protest a government decision to enforce stricter controls on appearance and attendance at state-run institutions.

The government backed down, but the occupations continued, leading to friction between government and opposition party supporters who backed the students. In a fight between two such groups in the city of Patras, teacher Nikos Temponeras, 38, died after being struck on the head by an iron bar Tuesday night, allegedly by the chairman of the local youth wing of the conservative New Democracy Party.

Police in the port city, 130 miles west of Athens, are searching for the alleged assailant and two other young men.