Thousands of high school and university students in Greece protested in Athens Friday over the delay in the investigation of the 2023 railway disaster, in which at least 57 lives were lost.
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00:00Thousands of high school and university students in Greece protested in Athens
00:04Friday over the delay in the investigation of the 2023 railway
00:08disaster in which at least 57 lives were lost. The demonstrators marched through
00:14the city center to the chants of murders, murders, surrounded by hundreds of
00:19police officers in riot gear. The fatal head-on collision occurred near the city
00:24of Temp in northern Greece when a passenger train was incorrectly
00:29diverted onto the same track as an oncoming freight train. Delays in the
00:34investigation of the disaster have intensified pressure on the conservative
00:38government ahead of the second anniversary of the accident on February 28th.
00:41We are here today as a club to protest on behalf of the 57 dead,
00:52to protest against the crime that took place in Tempi, but also against the
00:57policy that puts profits over human lives.
01:04What is happening today is just a vindication, not only of justice, but in
01:10my opinion, of an open and clearer path for those who will come after us, for
01:15those of us who are older and are here today. We are not here only for ourselves,
01:20we are here for those who will come after us when we were no longer here. And
01:24that is the most important thing, to fight for something better even if you
01:29are no longer here to enjoy it. That's what is at stake today.