First funeral takes place after Greece’s worst rail disaster

Panos Ruci waits to hear news about his 22-year old son Denis Ruci (Giannis Papanikos/AP)

The funeral for the first of nearly 60 victims of Greece’s worst rail disaster has been held as families began receiving the remains of their loved ones following a harrowing identification process.

Athina Katsara, a 34-year-old mother of a baby boy, was buried in her home town of Katerini, in northern Greece. Her injured husband was in hospital and unable to attend.