Clashes break out in Greece after rally outside parliament over deadly 2023 train crash


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  • Thursday, 06 Mar 2025

FILE PHOTO: Riot police push remaining protesters to clear the area in front of the Greek parliament, during a rally marking second anniversary of the country's worst railway disaster, while an investigation continues, in Athens, Greece, February 28, 2025. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki/File Photo

ATHENS (Reuters) - Clashes broke out in Athens on Wednesday between Greek police and demonstrators protesting over a 2023 train crash that killed 57 people, most of them students, in the country's worst rail disaster.

The violence erupted after thousands of people peacefully rallied outside parliament where lawmakers debated a censure motion submitted by opposition parties against the centre-right government.

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