The names of the 57 victims of the Tempi accident, which were written during Wednesday’s strike action and erased by municipal crews on the evening of the same day, causing uproar and criticism, are being rewritten by students staging a demonstration against private universities.

A few hours after a cleaning crew of the Municipality of Athens intervened at night to “erase” the names of the 57 victims written by protesters in front of the Statue of the Unknown Soldier during yesterday’s rally, students returned today to restore them.

In red paint, they rewrote, one by one, the names of the people killed in last year’s rail tragedy and after discussions had already been preceded by a move by the city government to erase them.

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Ms. Bay’s statement about erasing the names of the deceased

A clean-up crew of the Athens Municipality last night erased the names of the victims of the Tempi tragedy, which had been written on Constitution Square, at the invitation of the guard of the parliament.

I categorically state that I never gave an order for this to happen and I was never informed of this unjustified action, which I categorically oppose.

The criticism that has been levelled is entirely justified.

I apologise to the families and to the thousands of citizens, including myself, who demonstrated, asking for justice for the victims of the Tempi massacre.

Video of the night before: Erasing the names of the deceased, written in front of the parliament

Σβήνουν τα ονόματα στη βουλή#τεμπη_εγκλημα pic.twitter.com/VjDxPAKIdn

— Λεωνίδας Θερμός (@Qfkjc1anA7THfJa) February 28, 2024