The search for survivors at the site of the largest railway disaster in Greece is over, according to ERT. The examination of all samples from the scene of the tragedy received by the Criminal Investigation Department so far has been completed, 54 of the officially announced 57 dead have been identified. At the same time, the laboratory will soon receive other samples, which today were recovered from the wreckage of the destroyed cars..
So far, several dozen passengers are still missing..
Tomorrow, with the help of cranes and heavy equipment, it is planned to clear the debris and resume the work of the Greek railway network..
After the end of the three-day mourning declared in Greece, a wave of protests swept the country. In particular, in Athens, about two thousand students marched to the Parliament building.. During the event, some protesters threw incendiary bombs and set trash cans on fire.. Police responded with tear gas.
Students also demonstrated in Larisa, the city where the disaster occurred. They raised black balloons. One poster read: " On the street, the participants also wrote "
A government commission has now been established, whose experts have already begun an investigation into the fatal accident..
The 59-year-old station chief was arrested and pleaded guilty, his lawyer said, stressing that he was not the only one responsible for the tragedy..
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According to members of the organization, the accident was inevitable due to lack of maintenance and faulty alarms..
The union said it wants a clear timetable for implementing the hitherto missing safety protocols.
Greece's train accident death toll rises to 57, with at least 56 missing.