Major protest rally over Tempi rail disaster held in Athens; rallies throughout Greece

A large protestation rally with ample crowds of radical filling Syntagma Square and the surrounding roads was held successful cardinal Athens connected Friday, to people the 2nd twelvemonth since the tragic obstruction mishap astatine Tempi and wage tribute to the 57 radical killed connected that time with a request for justice.
People of each ages congregated successful the capital, portion the beingness of young people, students and schoolhouse pupils was particularly marked.

The rally began astatine 11:00, successful effect to a telephone by the victims and their families, but radical and organisations started to assemble aboriginal successful the time astatine assorted pre-assembly points successful bid to attack Syntagma successful an orderly manner.
In a amusement of support, galore shops, cafes and restaurants volition enactment unopen connected Friday, particularly successful the metropolis centre wherever astir thing is open. Theatres and different taste venues volition besides beryllium closed.

Rallies are besides taking spot successful different Greek towns and cities, with residents of Larissa gathering successful the cardinal quadrate nether the banner “I person nary oxygen”. In the northwestern Greek metropolis of Ioannina, 4 generations met astatine the protestation rally successful the Ioannina cardinal square, from babies to the precise elderly, to request “Justice for Tempi”, including farmers with their tractors.

A wide rally and march was held successful Greece’s 2nd largest city, Thessaloniki, starting astatine the Eleftherios Venizelos statue astatine 11:00 and followed by a march from the obstruction presumption via Agion Panton Street to the Macedonia-Thrace ministry.
In the larboard metropolis of Patra, the 3rd largest successful Greece, the city’s Georgiou Square and the surrounding streets were besides packed with protestors from each walks of beingness for the rally and consequent march done the city.
Large rallies were held successful Lamia, Heraklion, Rhodes, Volos, Chania and Lamia, arsenic good arsenic respective smaller towns and villages.

Incidents betwixt protestors and constabulary during rally successful Syntagma

Violent incidents were reported astatine Syntagma Square connected Friday, during a wide rally commemorating the victims of the 2023 obstruction mishap astatine Tempi.
Groups of unidentified individuals with their faces covered attacked constabulary officers wrong the forecourt of Parliament with petrol bombs, stones and different objects.

Clashes with constabulary astatine Tempi protestation rally successful Thessaloniki

Clashes betwixt individuals wearing hoods and the constabulary broke retired during the protestation rally implicit the Tempi bid collision successful Thessaloniki connected Friday, by a radical of individuals bringing up the rear of the march.
The unit began adjacent the railway station, with petrol bombs, stones and bottles thrown astatine the police, who responded with the usage of teardrop state and chemicals.

Police apprehension 25 Rouvikonas members who hung a banner from the extortion of Hellenic Train’s offices

Police connected Friday arrested 25 members of the radical Rouvikonas, who had earlier had climbed up onto the extortion of the gathering lodging the offices of Hellenic Train successful cardinal Athens and hung a banner protesting against the Tempi bid mishap of 2023. They were charged with disturbing the peace.
Despite the information that the Hellenic Train gathering connected Syngrou Avenue had been surrounded by constabulary aboriginal connected Friday, successful bid to debar incidents, members of Rouvikonas succeeded successful reaching the gathering from the extortion an adjacent building.

source ANA-MPA