火車對撞事故掀群眾怒火 希臘數千人上街示威

希臘數以千計民眾3日在全國各地示威,替希臘最嚴重鐵路事故的57名死者討公道,部分示威者譴責這場悲劇猶如「犯罪」。

Students hold banners and shout slogans as they take part in a demonstration in Thessaloniki on March 3, 2023, following a deadly train accident near the city of Larissa, where at least 57 people, most of them students, lost their lives. - Thousands of Greek students staged sit-ins and demonstrated in Athens and other cities on March 3 to demand justice for the victims of the train tragedy, which occured on February 28, as authorities admitted failures overseeing the rail network. In Athens, over 5,000 people gathered outside the headquarters of Greek rail operator Hellenic Train to voice anger and sorrow over the country's worst-ever rail disaster. (Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP) (Photo by SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP via Getty Images)
希臘數以千計民眾3日在全國各地示威,替希臘最嚴重鐵路事故的57名死者討公道。(圖/Getty Images)

希臘2月28日晚間發生兩列火車對撞的重大鐵路事故,至少造成57人死亡。

法新社報導,事故列車上載著許多結束週末假期歸來的學生,罹難者裡至少9人是第撒隆尼基(Thessaloniki)的亞里斯多特大學(Aristotle University)學生,另有26人受傷。

希臘總理米佐塔基斯(Kyriakos Mitsotakis)將事故歸咎於「人為疏失悲劇」。米佐塔基斯正力拚在今春的大選中連任。

不過,抗議行動今天在首都雅典及希臘幾大主要城市遍地開花,示威群眾將這起事故歸咎於政府管理不善。

第撒隆尼基一名23歲學生蘇菲亞說:「發生的不是意外,而是犯罪…我們不能眼睜睜看著這一切發生,還無動於衷。」

這起事故引發各界一片撻伐,認為政府在鐵路路網管理方面已然失能。

數以千計示威者聚集在希臘鐵路公司(Hellenic Train)位於雅典的總部外,就過去幾年已一再呼籲、但鐵路公司仍數十年來未改善鐵路路網安全。希臘鐵路公司2017年接管鐵路路網營運。

抗議群眾一面用紅色顏料在建築物玻璃帷寫上抗議字眼,一面高喊「殺人犯!」

警方在零星場合與一些示威者發生衝突。據推估,約有3000人參加示威活動。在議會旁憲法廣場(Syntagma Square)舉行的示威活動上,警方向投擲石塊和汽油彈的抗議者發射催淚彈和閃光彈。

Youths throw molotov coktails in front of the Greek parliament in Athens on March 3, 2023, as parallel demonstrations take place, following the deadly accident near the city of Larissa, where 57 people, mainly students lost their lives. - Thousands of Greek students staged sit-ins and demonstrated in Athens and other cities on March 3 to demand justice for the victims of the train tragedy, which occured on February 28, as authorities admitted failures overseeing the rail network. In Athens, over 5,000 people gathered outside the headquarters of Greek rail operator Hellenic Train to voice anger and sorrow over the country's worst-ever rail disaster. (Photo by Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP) (Photo by LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images)
警方在零星場合與一些示威者發生衝突。據推估,約有3000人參加示威活動。(圖/Getty Images)