Tens of thousands of people took to the streets and workers went on strike in the biggest show of public anger yet over Greece's deadliest train disaster that killed 57 people.
The train crash occurred on 28 February when a freight train crashed head-on with a passenger train, killing 57.
Greek police fired tear gas at firebomb-throwing protesters outside parliament Wednesday as tens of thousands demonstrated over the country's worst rail tragedy and called on the prime minister to quit. Outside parliament, dozens of masked, black-clad youths hurled Molotov cocktails and stones at riot police, who responded by firing volleys of tear gas, an AFP reporter said. Demonstrators also torched a van a few blocks away.
A firefighter sprays water on fire of a vehicle after clashes between demonstrators and riot police during a protest for victims of a rail disaster, in central Athens. The biggest protests were in Athens, where over 40,000 people flooded the streets, waving banners that read "It's not an accident, it's a crime" and "It could have been any of us on that train".
Many protesters waved signs reading "Call me when you get there", a rallying cry for demonstrators which reportedly originates from a phone call between a mother and her son shortly before he died in the crash.
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