Two suspects are apparently going to appear before the Greek prosecution this Friday in order to give testimony for the fatal fire at the Marfin Bank (in central Athens) which on May 5, 2010 killed three people.
The three victims died when the Marfin bank on Stadiou Street went up in flames. The fire was set during a massive protest against austerity cuts taking place in the city centre and caused the deaths of three bank employees, including a woman that was pregnant at the time. At least two other buildings were also set ablaze by hooded anarchists who clashed with the riot police.
On April 29, 2011 Greek authorities announced that three people had been signaled out and had been summoned for questioning concerning the fire, and that authorities were still in the process of investigating the case.
During the same period, police had sent a hefty file of evidence to the prosecution which apparently pointed to anti-establishment activists (or anarchists). The evidence included video footage from surveillance cameras along Stadiou Avenue where the bank was set on fire and also from an attack on the nearby bookshop Ianos.
It is suspected that many people know who tossed the bombs into the Marfin – the first of which was probably thrown in to make a point and the second to make sure that as few people as possible could escape – but they are not coming forward because, like many wannabe leftists, they are too cowardly to confront society’s problems with anything other than an incendiary advice.
An article in "Ta Nea", which featured a relevant report on Wednesday, did however quote one witness as saying that one of the suspects apparently was carrying a bag and emptied some sort of liquid into the bank just briefly before the fire broke out. The same witness, adds the same report, heard a woman's voice saying "we want to intimidate them not to burn them."
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