{"id":4590,"date":"2025-03-07T23:12:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T23:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/violence-erupts-during-protests-over-rail-disaster\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T23:12:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T23:12:34","slug":"violence-erupts-during-protests-over-rail-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/violence-erupts-during-protests-over-rail-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Violence erupts during protests over rail disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1263617\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/riot-2-320x200.png?v=1741386652\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/riot-2.png?v=1741386651\" alt=\"Violence erupts during protests over rail disaster\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/riot-2-960x600.png?v=1741386661\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>Hooded rioters throw gasoline bombs at police during clashes on the third and final day of a censure motion against the government over its handling of a rail disaster two years ago. (Petros Giannakouris\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Clashes broke out in Greece\u2019s two largest cities Friday, as protesters hurled gasoline bombs and flares outside parliament, during a censure motion debate against the government over its handling of a deadly rail disaster two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Police fired tear gas and stun grenades at the violent protesters and used water cannons when the clashes broke out moments after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis began speaking at the end of the three-day debate. Inside the assembly, activists in the visitors\u2019 gallery threw leaflets down onto lawmakers before being removed by police.<\/p>\n<p>Violence also erupted in the northern city of Thessaloniki.<\/p>\n<p>Relatives of crash victims attended Friday\u2019s protest rallies, publicly expressing gratitude to demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are here because they understand what\u2019s going on and they demand justice,\u201d said Chrysoula Chlorou, whose 55-year-old sister Vasso was killed in the crash, while attending a protest in the central city of Larissa.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cWe will stand with everyone who has the strength to raise their voices for the people and we thank them very much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[AP]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1263617\/violence-erupts-during-protests-over-rail-disaster\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hooded rioters throw gasoline bombs at police during clashes on the third and final day of a censure motion against the government over its handling of a rail disaster two years ago. 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