Students take to streets in Greece over government's response to deadly train collision

Students in Athens protested on March 9, 2023 as demonstrations continued over the government’s response to a deadly train crash in northern Greece that killed 57 people.

Demonstrators held photos marked with a red “X” covering the faces of several politicians including Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Three more Greek rail officials were charged on Thursday in connection with the head-on collision along Greece’s main rail route, outside the northern town of Tempe.

Two station managers and a supervisor were charged with endangering rail safety leading to the loss of life, a senior official involved in the investigation told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

The three have been summoned to provide additional testimony and have not been detained.

The charges are similar to those filed against a 59-year-old station manager who was arrested in the wake of the February 28 crash in northern Greece and is currently in pre-trial detention.

The disaster involving a passenger train and a freight carrier has set back widely reported plans by Greece’s center-right government to call a general election for early April.

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