Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has asked for forgiveness from the families of the 57 victims of this week’s train crash. In a Facebook message, Mr Mitsotakis said that “in the Greece of 2023… two trains heading in different directions cannot run on the same line and no-one notice”.
Protests have continued for days. Clashes with police were reported on Sunday as thousands joined a demonstration in the capital Athens. Some demonstrators set fire to rubbish bins and threw petrol bombs. Police responded firing tear gas and stun grenades, clearing the central Syntagma Square of the protesters within a few minutes.
On the night of 28 February, a passenger train and a freight train that were travelling in opposite directions ended up on the same track.
The first four carriages of the passenger train were derailed, and the first two caught fire and were almost completely destroyed.
The train crash has been widely attributed to human error.
A 59-year-old station master in Larissa, who was charged with manslaughter by negligence, appeared in court on Sunday and has been taken into custody.
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