Rescuers continue to comb through charred and buckled rail carriages searching for more victims of Greece's deadliest train crash, a disaster that has killed at least 46 people and led to a national outpouring of grief and anger.
Carriages were thrown off the tracks, with two entirely crushed and several engulfed in flames.
To identify some of the victims, relatives, including the Bozos brothers, had to give DNA samples at a hospital in Larissa, where disbelief turned to anger for some.Many of the victims were university students returning home after a holiday weekend and officials said the death toll was expected to rise further.
Protesters hurled rocks at train company offices in Athens in the evening, before being dispersed by volleys of tear gas fired by riot police. Protests also broke out in Thessaloniki.And on Thursday, trains were brought to a halt in a day of strike against what unions said was successive governments' refusal to hear repeated demands to improve safety standards.
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