“I don’t accept any of this” was the first reaction of Panos Routsi, shortly after the prosecutor of Larissa First Instance Court granted the exhumation request for his son, Dennis. In an informal conversation with journalists, the hunger striker said, among other things, “I don’t accept any of this, they keep mocking us. I’m here and I continue until the end.” According to sources, what he specifically demands is for toxicological tests to be conducted on his son’s remains, in order to determine the cause of death.
Panos Routsi: The prosecutor’s order for his son’s exhumation permit
Earlier, by order of the prosecutor of Larissa First Instance Court to the Larissa Police Department, a preliminary investigation was ordered to be conducted for the exhumation of the son of hunger striker Panos Routsi.
Specifically, the prosecutor of Larissa First Instance Court granted Panos Routsi’s exhumation requests. Subsequently, the exhumation requests of other relatives of the victims of the Tempe train disaster will also be examined.
Visibly weakened, he returned from the hospital to Syntagma
With visible signs of exhaustion, Routsi returned to Syntagma earlier in the afternoon, continuing his hunger strike for the twelfth day. He had previously, during the morning hours specifically, gone to the General State Hospital of Nikaia to undergo medical examinations. It is noted that both Routsi and Dimitris Oikonomopoulos have lost many kilos. Groups of children with physical disabilities also showed up at Syntagma Square as a sign of support for Routsi.
Stefanos Kasselakis also stood by Panos Routsi’s side, stating the following from Syntagma: “One power cannot intervene in another. But the people can intervene in power. And the vast majority of the people demand that Justice allow the exhumation of the bones of these people’s children and that all toxicological and biochemical tests be conducted so that first the parents, the relatives learn what happened, and with them, us too.”
