A plaque commemorating the tragic deaths of three Marfin Bank employees and an unborn child that 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, ANA reports.
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 firebombs 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.
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