Violent protests in Greece on anniversary of rail disaster Thousands attend a protest in Syntagma Square outside the Greek parliament marking the second anniversary of Greece’s worst rail disaster. 57 people were killed in the head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train that had accidentally been put on the same track in February 2023.

Protesters hurling Molotov cocktails and smashing paving stones clashed with riot police firing volleys of tear gas and stun grenades in central Athens Friday, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets of cities across Greece to mark the second anniversary of a devastating train crash that has become a symbol of institutional failure.