Families of Greece train crash victims grieve as protests grow

Rescuers operate on the site of a crash, where two trains collided, near the city of Larissa, Greece, March 3, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis

KATERINI, Greece/ATHENS (Reuters) -Families and friends, dressed in black, clung to each other, in tears, as the coffin of a 34-year-old mother killed in Greece's deadliest train crash was lifted up the stairs of a church on Friday.

The first known funeral after Tuesday night's accident, which killed at least 57, took place in the northern town of Katerini, as police said 52 bodies had so far been identified - almost all from DNA tests as the crash was so violent.