Tens of thousands of Greeks seek justice for victims of the Timby train crash news

Fifty -seven people were killed when a crowded train and passenger train collided with students in February 2023.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the Greek Parliament in Athens to demand justice to the country’s victims The worst railway disaster Nearly two years ago.

The demonstration came on Sunday, one of the largest viewers who were held in the capital in recent years, days after the local media released an audio recording that some of the 57 victims may have survived the collision but died in a fire of unknown origin but burned for more than an hour After the accident.

The protests were also held in dozens of other cities in Greece and abroad, with the participants mobilized under the slogan “I have no oxygen”, which echoed the recent words of women in an invitation to emergency services.

The attendees in Athens held banners reading “We will not forget” while the chants of “killers, killers” have fell around Syntagma Square.

The judicial investigation is still under progress in the collision of the shipping train and a passenger train full of students near Timby, outside the city of Larissa, before midnight February 2023.

The accident, on a line linking Athens to the second largest city in the city of Tsaloniki in Greece, led to angry protests throughout the country, as it was seen as a result of widespread negligence of the railway after a financial crisis of a decade.

Two years later, the cause of the death of many victims was not determined because their families accused the authorities of trying to cover up the evidence.

“Thank you very much for all the Greeks, wherever they are, for their support,” said Maria Carrécitano-a representative of the Timby Victim Victim Association, who lost her 20-year-old daughter in the disaster.

“Our voice says one thing: no crime will pass, again,” “Leave the crime in Tempe is the beginning and justice is presented, as it should, because this is what the entire society wants.”

The cause of fire is not clear

“After two years of tragedy, no one was punished, and no one was in prison,” said Elias Babangelis, who lost his 18 -year -old daughter in the accident.

According to a report issued by the experts rented by the families, the accident resulted in a huge fire ball. It is not clear because of this.

An increasing number of experts ruled out the assumptions that electricity cables or oils used in the passenger train caused the fire, which raised questions about the shipping train.

The government, the central oath, which was re -elected after the accident, denied these accusations.

Her proposal to former Parliament Speaker Constantine Tassols has angered for the Greek presidency last week, who say that, in his hour, Parliament failed to investigate any political responsibility.

“We do not know the cause of the explosion,” said Nikos Blakes, who lost his two daughters and my brother in the accident.

He added: “We will always have questions … If we need to reach European courts, we will rise.”

The short clashes erupted between the riot police and a number of demonstrators after the peaceful demonstration largely in Athens, where police officers fired tear gas to disperse some in the crowd.