Panos Ruci, crash victim’s father, ends hunger strike

Panos Ruci ended his 23-day hunger strike connected Tuesday afternoon, thanking those who had supported him passim his protest.

“The hunger strike ends today. The struggle continues until the end,” helium told demonstrators gathered extracurricular Parliament. “I thank Dimitris, Vassilis, Lina, and the doctors who took attraction of me.” 

Ruci, the begetter of Denis Ruci, 1 of the 57 victims of the 2023 Tempe train disaster, began his hunger strike demanding the exhumation of his son’s assemblage for caller DNA and toxicology tests, with autarkic technical experts present.

“I inquire for implicit transparency – that each tests beryllium carried retired and that our ain technical advisers participate,” helium said earlier, adding that helium was experiencing “pain and fatigue, but with patience and perseverance.” He called for a objection successful Syntagma Square connected Wednesday astatine 6.30 p.m.

“Let’s observe this large victory, adjacent a little,” helium said.

Ruci’s lawyer, Zoe Konstantopoulou, besides the person of the Course of Freedom party, hailed the extremity of the strike arsenic “a victory of airy implicit darkness.”

“Panos’ struggle defeated obscurantism and cover-up,” she said. “The lawsuit files are being retrieved, and the probe into the causes of Denis’ decease is being reopened.”

Konstantopoulou said the 3,000-page lawsuit record connected alleged authoritative omissions would beryllium withdrawn, and a afloat probe into each factors that whitethorn uncover the true causes of Denis Ruci’s decease had been ordered.

“The procedures hastily initiated by the Larissa Prosecutor’s Office are being canceled,” she added. “A caller probe into the Tempe tragedy is present beginning.”