Riot police clashed with protesters in Athens after thousands gathered to demand justice for the victims of Greece’s worst train crash, which killed 57 people.
In 2023, a passenger service carrying 350 people collided with a freight train near the Greek village of Tempi, causing the front carriages to burst into flames.
“I have no oxygen” is the main slogan of the protests – referring to the conclusion that many were killed not by the collision itself, but by a fire caused by banned chemicals on the freight train.
The accident sparked widespread condemnation of safety standards on Greece’s railways, as well as a section of the state’s subsequent investigation.
The video showed police firing tear gas as protesters threw batons and other objects at officers.
