Protests turn violent as Greece's government battles censure motion over deadly train crash
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Protesters raise their hands as riot police operate during clashes, as the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. The placard reads "I have no oxygen", a phrase which a victim of the deadly train accident, used in a phone call to the emergency services. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A protester takes part in a rally holding a placard that reads "Without justice none of us has oxygen," after the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. The phrase "I have no oxygen", was used by a victim of the deadly train accident, in a phone call to the emergency services. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A protester takes part in a rally, after the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A protester takes part in a rally, after the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Lawmakers of the New Democracy ruling party applaud Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his speech in parliament ahead of the submission of a no-confidence motion by opposition parties over the government's handling of Greece's worst rail disaster two year ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis holds up a photograph of a new railway control facility during his speech in parliament, ahead of the submission of a no-confidence motion by opposition parties over the government's handling of Greece's worst rail disaster two year ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks in parliament ahead of the submission of a no-confidence motion by opposition parties over the government's handling of Greece's worst rail disaster two year ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks in parliament ahead of the submission of a no-confidence motion by opposition parties over the government's handling of Greece's worst rail disaster two year ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
People run to avoid tear gas during clashes with riot police, as the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A cyclist passes riot police during clashes, as the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
People run to avoid tear gas during clashes with riot police, as the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A hooded protester throws a smoke flare against riot police during clashes, after the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Riot policemen detain a protester during a rally, after the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A protester kicks a tear gas canister thrown by riot police during clashes, after the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Protesters raise their hands as riot police operate during clashes, after the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Riot police operate during clashes, as the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Riot police use tear gas against protesters during a rally, after the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Protesters release lanterns during a rally, after the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Protesters release lanterns during a rally, after the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Protesters raise their hands as riot police operate during clashes, as the Greek opposition parties have challenged the country's center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster nearly two years ago, in Athens, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. The placard reads "I have no oxygen", a phrase which a victim of the deadly train accident, used in a phone call to the emergency services. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
