University rector in Crete faces lawsuit over campus violence

A still representation from a video capturing the violent altercation connected the grounds of the Technical University of Crete past March.

Michalis Zervakis, rector astatine the Technical University of Crete, could look a tribunal trial for failing to swiftly acceptable up a committee to punish a radical of leftist students who attacked blimpish ones, resulting successful respective injuries and hospitalizations.

A instrumentality voted successful August imposes harsher disciplinary sanctions for violence astatine universities and makes the world leadership, specifically the rectors, liable for swiftly investigating incidents and acting upon them. The violent incidental took spot successful March.

A prof astatine the Technical University has sued Zervakis for dereliction of work for postponing the setup of a disciplinary body. Zervakis has already testified to magistrates.