Demonstration in front of the Greek parliament in Athens due to Tuesday's train crash that left dozens dead in central Greece. 5 March 223.
Athens – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis today asked for forgiveness for the families of the victims of the train accident that left dozens dead in central Greece on Tuesday. In a statement published on social media, the prime minister acknowledged that the state was responsible for the accident. About 7,500 demonstrators gathered outside the parliament building in Athens this morning to express their dissatisfaction with the state of the Greek railways. Some of them violently clashed with the police, AFP wrote.
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“As prime minister, I owe everyone, but especially the relatives of the victims, a big apology. Both for myself and in the name of all those who ruled Greece before me. It is not possible that in Greece in 2023 two trains will run against each other on the same track and no one he didn't notice,” Mitsotakis wrote, according to which you can't hide behind human error.
The failure has already been admitted by the head of the station of the Greek city of Larisa, near which the trains collided. A man facing manslaughter charges is due to be heard by a judge today. Greek trade unionists, who have sparked a series of strikes across the country, point out that rail security is inadequate, the rail network is dilapidated and staff shortages are common.
Greek leadership's role in the rundown state of Greek rail and Tuesday's disaster protestors in Athens also emphasized today. “Down with murderous governments,” the banners read. Clashes subsequently broke out between police officers and protesters. Police fired tear gas and flash grenades at protesters who set fire to trash cans and threw Molotov cocktails. for help from the EU and individual member states of the union with railway modernization. He also wants to propose to Parliament the creation of a special committee to investigate train accidents in Greece over the past 20 years.
More than 350 people, many of them students, were traveling on a passenger train traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki. long weekend. The accident left 57 dead and dozens more injured.
