“Until yesterday we were in class, they were laughing, joking”: Teacher of the two girls who fell from an apartment building in Ilioupoli speaks out in shock

Greece is pursuing successful stunned soundlessness the developments surrounding the lawsuit of the 2 17-year-old students who jumped from the 6th level of an flat gathering successful Ilioupoli, leaving 1 dormant and the different warring for her life. Their teacher describes them arsenic precise bully girls and says that conscionable the erstwhile day they had each been unneurotic joking around.

At the girls’ school, grief and daze predominate the atmosphere. Psychologists and societal workers person been brought successful to enactment classmates, who are leaving achromatic flowers connected the table of the 17-year-old miss who mislaid her life.

“We are devastated. It couldn’t beryllium much shocking. We person already contacted each the authorities and secondary acquisition officials. The ministry has been informed, and we person taken each the indispensable actions. Because we besides request to see what we should not bash — not lone what we volition do. This full process is astir managing the incidental and managing the grief wrong the school,” their teacher told MEGA.

“Wonderful girls, until yesterday day we were together”

The girls’ teacher, profoundly shaken himself by the tragic nonaccomplishment and by the conflict his 2nd pupil is warring for her life, says determination was perfectly nary denotation of what would follow. Two fantastic young girls, fantabulous students, loved by everyone astatine the school.

“Very bully girls. Extremely bully girls. And until yesterday day we were together. I was joking with them, talking to them, advising them. I had taken them connected a schoolhouse travel to Crete. I was the 1 accompanying them.”

Speaking astir the miss who died, helium said:

“At schoolhouse she was a precise calm and gentle beingness successful presumption of her behavior. She smiled erstwhile she spoke to you. She was highly polite. She participated erstwhile you asked her to.”

“I had nary denotation — different we would person intervened immediately”

Asked whether determination had been immoderate signs oregon thing antithetic successful their behavior, the teacher replied:

“I’ve been astatine this aforesaid schoolhouse for 40 years. I cognize this schoolhouse amended than my ain home. I had nothing. Otherwise we would person intervened immediately. They were successful the aforesaid class. They were friends. They talked together. The time earlier yesterday I taught them — but for the past play — and they were laughing with each other. They were making jokes,” helium initially said, adding:

“They were besides friends with different kids. And erstwhile you encouraged them, they participated. I’m telling you, yesterday we were unneurotic joking around. I teased them, made jokes with them. There was perfectly thing suggesting what they had successful mind. The girls were smiling. It’s insane. I simply cannot comprehend it.”

Three days of mourning declared by the Municipality of Ilioupoli

It is noted that the Municipality of Ilioupoli declared 3 days of mourning pursuing the tragic incident.

“The politician declares 3 days of municipal mourning from today, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, until Friday, May 15, 2026, expressing the heavy sorrow of the municipal authorization and the section assemblage arsenic the smallest motion of honor, respect, and solidarity for the untimely decease of our 17-year-old chap citizen,” the connection said.

During the mourning period:

• Flags astatine municipal buildings and facilities volition alert astatine half-mast.
• All celebratory, cultural, and amusement events organized by the municipality are postponed.
• Municipal services are asked to observe 1 infinitesimal of silence.