ATHENS - Thousands of Greeks protested on Friday to demand justice for at least 57 people killed in the country’s worst rail disaster, with protesters condemning the tragedy as “a crime”. Read more at straitstimes.com.
with protesters condemning the tragedy as “a crime”.
The passenger train ran for several kilometres on the same track as an incoming freight train before the crash, reportedly afterIt was carrying many students returning from a holiday weekend. Nine young people studying at Thessaloniki’s Aristotle University among the dead and 26 others injured. Protesters held another series of demonstrations on Friday in the capital Athens and several major cities across Greece.
Some relatives were still desperately awaiting news of missing loved ones, with a mix of fury and despair.Roubini Leontari, the chief coroner at Larissa’s general hospital, told broadcaster ERT on Thursday that more than 10 people were still unaccounted for, including two Cypriots.blamed the disaster on “tragic human error”.
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