The Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, apologized to the families of the 57 dead in the nation’s worst rail tragedywhere this Sunday there were new demonstrations that led to clashes.

In Lárisa, the town closest to the scene of the accident, the station master, who was accused of a fatal error, He appeared in court and was formally charged with his alleged responsibility for the “deaths of a large number of people”.

Under the Greek Penal Code, this crime carries a penalty of 10 years to life imprisonment.

The 59-year-old man, whose identity…Vassilis Samaras– was revealed by the Ministry of Transport, acknowledged its responsibility in the frontal collision. Following the indictment, he was placed in pretrial detention.

The collision between a passenger train and a freight train Tuesday night between Athens and Thessaloniki It caused 57 deaths and sparked a wave of protests in the country.

“As Prime Minister I owe everyone, but especially the relatives of the victims (ask them) for forgivenessthe leader wrote in a message to the nation, an apology that does not convince the Greeks.

“In Greece in 2023, it will not be possible for two trains to run in opposite directions on the same track and nobody will notice,” he added in his Facebook post.

Some 12,000 people gathered in front of the parliament in Athens this Sunday, according to police, in protests called by students, railway workers and civil servants.

Protesters released hundreds of black balloons in tribute to the victims.

“We feel tremendous angersaid to ep Michalis Hasiotis, president of an accounting union, who joined the procession.

“The interest in profits, the lack of measures to protect passengers led to the worst railway tragedy in our country,” he said.

“Nothing works in this country, the hospitals are in pain, the schools are closing, the forests are burning… Who are they laughing with?”, says Nikos Tsikalakis, president of a railway union.

Protesters threw Molotov cocktails and police responded with tear gas and flash grenades, journalists from ep.

This is reported by the Greek police. seven officers were injured and five people were arrested after the fights.