Protesters clash with riot police in Athens during a demonstrations to express outrage over last month's train tragedy that killed 57 people
Police fired tear gas and stun grenades as demonstrators tried to surround them, hurling firebombs and rocks.
Police fired tear gas and stun grenades as demonstrators tried to surround them, hurling firebombs and rocks. Many protesters urged the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to resign over what is the country's deadliest rail accident. Students shouted "murderers" and marchers threw flyers of Mitsotakis wearing a stationmaster's cap, captioned "it's everyone's fault but mine".
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