Syntagma Square, Athens, March 17, 2023. EU sources reported more than 40,000 people protested throughout Greece Thursday, voicing anger at this past Tuesday’s rail crash that killed 57 victims near Larissa in Greece. The accident occurred immediately following a rail dispatcher’s instructions to ignore a red light were issued to the train’s engineer. Demonstrations by over 25,000 protesters taking to the streets of Athens escalated as firebombs were hurled at police near the Greek Parliament and Syntagma Square. Credit: ©Julia Mineeva/EGBN TV News/Alamy Live News.


EU sources reported more than 40,000 people protested throughout Greece Thursday, voicing anger at this past Tuesday’s rail crash that killed 57 victims near Larissa in Greece. The accident occurred immediately following a rail dispatcher’s instructions to ignore a red light were issued to the train’s engineer. Demonstrations by over 25,000 protesters taking to the streets of Athens escalated as firebombs were hurled at police near the Greek Parliament and Syntagma Square.


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