Overview

• Tens of thousands protested in cities across Greece, including over 30,000 in Athens, nearly two years after the country's deadliest train crash.
• The February 2023 collision between a passenger train and a freight train killed 57 people, many of them students, and was attributed to human error and systemic railway safety failures.
• A recent report revealed the freight train carried undocumented explosive chemicals, causing a fire that led to suffocation deaths among survivors of the initial crash impact.
• Protesters accuse the government of failing to hold anyone accountable, with no convictions or jail sentences issued since the tragedy.
• Clashes broke out during demonstrations, with some protesters throwing Molotov cocktails and police responding with tear gas and stun grenades.