Some of the demonstrators set trash cans on fire and threw Molotov cocktails
Clashes between police and demonstrators broke out today in Athens during a protest over the deadly train crash, Reuters reported.
About 10,000 people – students, railway workers and others – gathered in Syntagma Square today to express their anger over the crash, which killed at least 57 people and injured dozens.
A large protest took place in Athens today over the #greecetraincrash. Much of #Greece society does not consider this an accident, rather it holds the government responsible for obsolete infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/DnH8uNMEa5
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Some of the demonstrators set trash cans on fire and threw Molotov cocktails as police responded with tear gas and stun grenades.
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Earlier today, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis asked for forgiveness from the families of the dozens killed in the country’s worst railway accident. “As prime minister, I owe it to everyone, but especially to the relatives of the victims,” wrote the head of the office in Athens.
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