Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in the Greek capital on Friday on the anniversary of the country’s deadliest rail disaster. Outside Parliament, a small group of demonstrators clashed with riot police as part of a strike that disrupted travel nationwide.

A general strike in Greece on Friday halted trains and ferries, grounded flights and disrupted public services as thousands of workers walked off the job on the second anniversary of Greece’s worst-ever train disaster.

Protesters in Athens have hurled gasoline bombs and smashed-up paving stones as they clashed with police during mass demonstrations Friday to mark the second anniversary of a devastating train crash that has become a symbol of institutional failure in Greece.

Scores of youths hurled rocks and gasoline bombs at police in front of Greece's parliament building in Athens on Friday during mass protests to mark the second anniversary of a devastating train crash in northern Greece.