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

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.

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