Plaque commemorating tragic victims of Marfin Bank arson attack unveiled in Athens
President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the site of the Marfin tragedy. ANA-MPA/Alexnadros Beltes
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A plaque commemorating the tragic deaths of three Marfin Bank employees and an unborn childcommethat were killed in a fire set by rioters on May 5, 2010, was unveiled at the site of their death at noon on Saturday, in the presence of President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and opposition Movement for Change (KINAL) leader Fofi Gennimata.
The three bank employees – 32-year-old Angeliki Papathanasopoulou who was then in the fourth month of pregnancy, Epaminondas Tsakalis, aged 36, and Paraskevi Zoulia, 35 – were working in the bank on Stadiou Street with another 25-30 colleagues while a protest against austerity measures was underway. Unidentified rioters, whose identity has yet to be confirmed, threw fire bombs into the bank and started a fire while people were still inside. Most managed to get out and five were rescued by the fire brigade once it was able to get through but the tragic victims of the incident were trapped and died of smoke inhalation.
The placing of a plaque was initiated by the prime minister, while main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and Communist Party of Greece (KKE) leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas arrived at 9:30 and 10:30, respectively, to lay a wreath at the site.
Source: ANA – MPA
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