Greek minister faces probe into handling of deadly train crash after violent protests


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  • Wednesday, 05 Mar 2025

FILE PHOTO: The site of a crash, where two trains collided, near the city of Larissa, Greece, March 3, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis/File Photo

ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek parliament voted on Tuesday to set up a committee to investigate how a minister handled the aftermath of a deadly 2023 train crash, days after violent protests over a perceived lack of government accountability brought businesses to a halt.

Hundreds of thousands of Greeks took to the streets on Friday to mark the second anniversary of the country's worst rail disaster that killed 57 people, most of them students, demanding justice for the victims.

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