The Larissa Prosecutor’s Office has partially accepted the request by Panos Routsis for the exhumation of his son, and will subsequently review the petitions of Maria Karystianou and Pavlos Aslanidis for the exhumation of their children.
The exhumation, according to a Supreme Court announcement today, relates to the DNA identification of Denis Routsis’ body, not to the determination of the cause of death.
As Supreme Court president Anastasia Papadopoulou had clarified, the exhumation was requested in the context of the investigation’s work, but the investigation is now closed. Only if it reopens after the trial begins could an exhumation take place to examine the causes of death.
The scheduled rallies are set for 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, with the central slogans “Until the End” and “United, we demand Justice.”
P. Routsis is now on the 12th day of a hunger strike and has said he will continue, since he is seeking not only identification but also toxicological and biochemical tests. Nationwide rallies have been scheduled for Sunday, September 28.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, September 25, a supplementary memorandum was submitted, signed by dozens of relatives of the victims of the Tempi tragedy.
The memorandum included, beyond the request for the exhumation of Denis Routsis’ body, demands for the upgrading of charges against two Hellenic Train officials, concerning disruption of transport safety and the offense of exposure. Relatives insist the case amounts to “homicide with possible intent” and not “manslaughter by negligence.”
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