Clashes erupt in Greece at train crash anniversary protest
STORY: Reuters footage showed protesters hurling Molotov cocktails at riot police who tried to contain the crowd.
A year ago, a passenger train from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided head-on with a freight train, killing 57 people and stirring mass protests over what many viewed as the result of decades of neglect of the rail sector.
In Athens, Greek workers and students marched through the city center to mark the anniversary of the train crash and to demand justice and bigger pay rises.
The 24-hour strike halted rail services across the country and disrupted urban transport in the Greek capital. Ships were held up in ports near Athens, as rail and hospital workers, ship and ferry crew, and school teachers all walked off the job.
