Tens of Thousands of Protesters in Greece on Sunday Demanded Justice for the 57 Victims of the Nation’s Deadliest Rail Disaster in 2023.
Demonstrations Broke Out in 97 Cities in Greeces and 13Locations Abroad Marches in the Largest Greek Cities of Athens and Thessaloniki Had About 30,000 and 16,000 Demonstrators Respectively.
“What is happening Today is Majestic,” Pavlos Aslanidis, The Father of a Victim, Told the Media inThessaloniki “This is now a Global Fight,” He Added, Referring to the Protests Abroad.
“My son’s soul must be elated … I Believe We will win. We have ranked the state against us, but we will win.”
Scenes from the objections
Protests Across Greece Were Mostly Peaceful Other Than Incidents of People Attacking The Police Force With Rocks And Flares, And The Authorities Responding with Tear Gas and Flash-Bang Grenades However, Thesis Incidented Lasted just for a FEW Minutes.
DW’s Sofia Kleftaki, that went to the demo in Athens, Said One individual what wounded in Such Clashes.
Much of Central Athens was obstructed by the demo.
“Two Years After the Tragedy, No One Has Been Punished, No One is in Prison,” Ilias Papangelis, Whose 18-Year-Old Daughter was Among Those Killed, Told the Crowd of Protesters.
“This has been the most Mafia-Like Cover-Up Operation,” Maria Karystianou, Whose Daughter Died in The Crash, Told the Athens Protesters Marching Outside the Parliament Building Sunday.
Demonstrators hero placards and shouted “I have no oxygen” – The Chilling Last Words of Karystianou’s Daughter Who Had Called the 112 European Emergency Number to Report theIncident Many in the group Chanted “Murderers!”
Oth Banners Read: “We Don’t Forget, We Don’t Forgive” and “Justice, Not Forgetting.” Some Accused the Government of Having Blood on Their Hands.
More objections were sted in London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Helsinki, Nicosia, Reykjavik and Valetta, Malta.
About the calamity
The Disaster Happened on February 28, 2023 When A Passenger Train Collided Head-On With A Freight Train After Both Had Been Mistakly Put on the Same Track.
Several Rumors have actually arised understanding concerning what brought about the range of the calamity.
Families of the Victims and Protesters Believe the Government is concealing proof and running a nontransparent examination while attempting to pin the calamity on the terminal masters.
Many Believe that some 30 of the 57 Victims had actually survored the preliminary high-speed collision however passed away in a fire triggered by hazardous chemicals on-board the products train.
Leaks from A Report Funded by Victims’ Families Seem to Corroborate that the freight train was Carrying an Illegal Load of Explosive Chemicals.
Greeks Still Await a Trial for the Disaster, a Process which has actually been pressed back by a Lengththy examination, hold-ups in records by technological professional, and also brand-new enhancements to the witness checklist from the team of survivors and targets.
MK/WD (AFP, Reuters, AP)
