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Added on the 03/03/2023 21:30:45 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Greek police fire tear gas at firebomb-throwing protesters outside parliament as tens of thousands demonstrated in Athens over the country's worst rail tragedy and called on the prime minister to quit. Fity-seven people were killed, and 14 others remain in hospital after a freight train crashed head-on with a passenger train, carrying mostly students, on February 28. IMAGES
Protesters gather outside Athens Academy ahead of a march to Syntagma Square, after a train disaster that killed 57 people and sparked anger across the country. A police spokesperson in Athens said around 23,000 people are on the streets of central Athens, as the dilapidated rail network and technical failures are blamed for the head-on collision between two trains. IMAGES
CCTV footage of the collision between two trains in Greece in the aftermath of the accident that killed at least 38 people near the city of Larissa, central Greece. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis blamed "tragic human error" for the disaster. IMAGES
More than 30,000 demonstrators take the streets in Greece demanding justice for the 57 victims of the country's most deadly train crash a year ago. Protesters blame the collision on official failings and an unsafe rail system. A definitive account of what happened on February 28, 2023 and who may be at fault has not been delivered, with investigators in an official enquiry not due to finish questioning until March 8. IMAGES
More than 30,000 demonstrators take the streets in Greece demanding justice for the 57 victims of the country's most deadly train crash a year ago. Protesters blame the collision on official failings and an unsafe rail system. A definitive account of what happened on February 28, 2023 and who may be at fault has not been delivered, with investigators in an official enquiry not due to finish questioning until March 8. IMAGES