Clashes hit Athens as general strike staged in protest over rail disaster

Riot polices take their positions next of flames of cocktail molotov after throwing of a protestors during a 24-hours general strike in central Athens, on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Strikes by labor unions in Greece following a rail disaster last month have disrupted public transport and extensively disrupted services, with protests in cities across Greece planned later Thursday. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Clashes have broken out in Athens during a general strike called across Greece in response to a rail disaster last month.

Protesters hurled petrol bombs at a police cordon near parliament.