Riot police have fired volleys of tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons at protesters hurling gasoline bombs and smashed-up paving stones in Athens.

Protesters hurled petrol bombs and set fire to trash cans in Athens on Friday as hundreds of thousands of Greeks went on strike and took to the streets in nationwide demonstrations on the second anniversary of the country's deadliest train crash.

Two years after the country’s deadliest rail disaster, many are still demanding greater safety and accountability.

A protest over the Greek government’s response to the nation’s largest ever train crash turned violent on Friday as Scores of youths hurled rocks and gasoline bombs at police.

Blaming the government for the train accident and calling it a murder, the protesters said the government has not done anything to get justice

Hooded attackers threw firebombs at police on Friday as 200,000 people demonstrated in Athens to mark the second anniversary of Greece's worst rail accident. Opinion polls indicate that most Greeks

By Edward McAllister ATHENS (Reuters) -Striking workers grounded flights and halted sea and train transport across Greece on Friday and people gathered for protests in anger over a perceived lack of justice two years after the country's worst-ever train crash killed 57 people.