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Clashes erupt in Greece as hundreds of thousands protest deadly train crash

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Violence mars protests in Thessaloniki Greece marking anniversary of Greece's worst rail crash. Hundreds of thousands take to the streets and battle with police firing stun grenades and tear gas as Greece marks second anniversary of train crash seen as a symbol of institutional failure. Violence on Friday 02.28 marred a huge demonstration in Thessaloniki Greece to mark the second anniversary of the country's worst rail tragedy, as youths threw firebombs and clashed with riot police.

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across Greece to mark the second anniversary of a horror train collision that claimed the lives of 57 people.

Protests were planned in more than 300 cities and towns in Greece and abroad, with fury levied at the government for its perceived inaction over the tragedy, in which a passenger train filled with students collided with a freight train in central Greece.

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