Some demonstrators set fireplace to garbage bins and threw Molotov cocktails, whereas police responded firing tear fuel and stun grenades, clearing Syntagma Sq. of the protesters inside a couple of minutes.

Police stated 12,000 folks had gathered by the big esplanade in entrance of the parliament to demand accountability for Tuesday’s head-on collision close to the central metropolis of Larissa that has sparked widespread outrage.

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That they had launched tons of of black balloons into the sky in reminiscence of the useless, with some holding indicators studying “Down with killer governments”.

Prepare and metro companies have been paralysed by strike motion.