The whole of Chalkida remains shocked with the mother and son’s decision to end their lives on early Wednesday morning, due to financial deadlock.

The tragic suicide incident took place around 8 am on Wednesday morning, where the 63 year old mother and her 27 years of age son, jumped into empty space from their fifth floor balcony.

The staggering testimony of the 27 year old son who did not find an immediate death as his mother did, shocks as he admits to a policeman that “Desperation made us jump into empty space”.

The family’s only source of income was a small disability pension, which was about to be stopped. The definitive decision stopping the pension triggered their decision to end their lives.