The begetter of a young antheral killed successful Greece’s worst obstruction tragedy successful 2023 has gone connected hunger strike to protestation astatine the authorities’ refusal to behaviour a afloat forensic examination.
Panos Routsis, whose 22-year-old son Denis died successful crash, has been protesting successful beforehand of parliament and refusing nutrient since September 15 implicit prosecutors’ refusal to let an exhumation of his son’s body.
“For two and a fractional years I person been unable to get justice… I request (authorisation) for the exhumation,” Ruci told AFP connected Sunday.
“Otherwise we’ll beryllium present time and night,” helium said.
Fifty-seven people, astir of them young students, were killed successful February 2023 when a rider train and a freight train collided adjacent Tempe, cardinal Greece, having been allowed to tally connected the aforesaid track for 12 minutes.
The tragedy sparked sweeping strikes and hundreds of protests successful Greece and abroad, denouncing the country’s nonaccomplishment to decently analyse the accident.
Over 40 radical person been prosecuted implicit the collision, including the station maestro liable for routing the trains that night.
Two elder officials including the erstwhile transport curate person been referred to judges implicit the accident.
But relatives of the victims are furious that some men — who contradict immoderate wrongdoing — are apt to lone look misdemeanour charges.
Opinion polls person shown a ample bulk of Greeks judge the authorities tried to screen up grounds into the origin of the crash.
The victims’ families judge valuable grounds was mislaid when the clang ιστοσελίδα was bulldozed σύντομα aft the accident.
The probe ended astatine the extremity of August.
But the families want much toxicology tests to find whether 1 of the trains was carrying undeclared chemicals that caused an detonation aft the crash.
The trial is not expected to statesman until adjacent year.
Source: AFP