“We received threats that we will all be executed, to end the tragedy here” – The brother of the 56-year-old woman describes what happened in Vorizia

What happened Saturday greeting successful Vorizia, erstwhile his sister fell dead, was recounted by Kostas Fragiadakis. The 56-year-old Evangelia was staying successful Chania and had gone to the colony wherever she passed distant to be her father’s memorial service. The ceremonial of the 56-year-old caregiver is scheduled for noon Tuesday, portion connected Monday, relatives and friends said their past goodbye to 39-year-old Fanouris Kargakis.

“Instead of having a memorial service, we’re going to person a funeral,” helium said. “First of all, there are nary abbeys successful the village, due to the fact that I heard determination are abbeys for Fragiadakis and abbeys for Kargakis. The colony is the full spot for the full world,” Fragiadakis said.

Fragiadakis recounted what happened connected Saturday greeting erstwhile his sister and the 39-year-old antheral fell dead, claiming it was a “miracle” that 2 radical were killed due to the fact that portion they were taking his sister down the stairs, “someone from the apical of the colony was shooting astatine america with a Kalashnikov. The bullets were going implicit our heads.”

He said that earlier the incidental occurred, helium was trying to interaction the police, but to nary avail, however, saying helium did not telephone the Rapid Response Unit but the Moira constabulary station.

As helium claimed, “we received threats contiguous that we volition each beryllium executed, grenades volition beryllium thrown astatine america and the like” and stressed that “the calamity indispensable extremity here”, making the pursuing request: “do what you tin to halt the evil here, this concern cannot spell connected immoderate longer. You indispensable not. We bash not merit this.

“There was a batch of tension.”

Mr Fragiadakis referred to the detonation that occurred astatine the location helium was renovating: “a location that was preparing to location a family, the children had bought it and were trying to renovate it. They were finishing it, and successful a fewer days, they were going to determination in. On Friday night, determination was an explosion. I don’t cognize who did it. There was an explosion. We called the constabulary to travel and papers the incident. Not to springiness you details, 2 constabulary officers came, they came, they recorded, they took immoderate pictures, they saw that the concern was erratic, determination was a batch of tension. I deliberation that’s understandable, to spot your location destroyed portion you’re waiting to get in, but that’s astir it. Then 2 much officers came to assistance the archetypal two, and past each 4 left.”

“In the morning, portion we were waiting for them to travel due to the fact that of the situation, and adjacent though determination was a batch of hostility connected the portion of my family, speech aft conversation, effort aft effort, things calmed down a bit. In the morning, the weaponry squad came, my brothers, cousins, nephews, nieces, nephews, friends, women, young children came up to the location – I had not travel up. I was waiting, and I was with my mother. The registration was done, and erstwhile the children near to spell down to my mother’s location connected the main roadworthy successful the village, that’s what happened,” helium added.

“Shooting blindly”

“The testimonies are that a car, the dormant man’s – successful the colony we person 2 dormant and we are each mourning for two, it is simply a large pity – was coming astatine precocious velocity and my elder brother, whom I spot wholly due to the fact that I was not successful front, tried to get our radical to the broadside of the roadworthy to get down the stairs. The ladder is not wide; astatine most, 2 radical tin get down it. Some women and children came down, not everyone made it,” Fragiadakis continues.

“The car drove past with the operator having his manus retired with the gun, shooting blindly astatine people, resulting successful my sister losing her life, my different sister being injured, and 2 of my nephews being injured. My nephews, I conjecture my nephews retaliated successful their effort to support themselves, and this resulted successful the 2nd death. The archetypal dormant was my sister,” helium noted.

“Pure homicide”

He said, “as soon arsenic I heard the gunshots, I ran to spot what was going on, and the archetypal happening I saw was my sister connected the tarmac.” “I wanted to deliberation she was passed out. I was trying to get her betwixt the gunfire. I pulled her and her young son; we pulled her down the stairs successful a hurry to get her into a car to instrumentality her to the hospital. While we were taking her down the ladder, we were being changeable astatine by idiosyncratic from the apical of the colony with a Kalashnikov. The bullets went implicit our heads. That we had 2 dead, I tin accidental it’s a miracle. We took my sister and took her to the infirmary with a nephew of mine. I held her successful my arms, hoping she would travel to. In the end, my sister was dead. Despite what they said successful the archetypal fewer days, she didn’t dice of a bosom onslaught but of a gunshot wound. It is axenic homicide,” helium said.

“Desperate attempts to interaction the police”

“On Saturday morning, I had made hopeless attempts to interaction the ELAS. An automated connection was going retired connected the phone, referring maine to the work officer. I was calling the squadrons. My mistake whitethorn person been not calling 911. I didn’t deliberation astir it astatine the time. I called excessively galore times, but nary 1 answered. I made attempts, but I didn’t get anywhere, unfortunately. I tried successful galore ways, different radical tried to debar the situation, and we didn’t succeed. We didn’t person the strength, it seems. Those who had the strengths were absent,” Mr Fragiadakis noted.

“They responded.”

“In my people’s effort to support themselves, they responded the infinitesimal they saw my sister autumn and the others injured. They responded. My radical did not spell to attack; they came to the location and what happened happened,” helium said.

“Threats”

“At immoderate point, crushed indispensable prevail; determination indispensable beryllium prudence. The constituent is that the calamity should extremity here, not continue. It is unspeakable what has happened. Two radical lost, 3 radical injured, immoderate volition spell to jail, immoderate volition person their homes torn apart. And that’s not enough; we person threats connected apical of that. Today we received excessively galore threats. We didn’t endanger anyone. I didn’t impeach anybody. I don’t cognize astir about of the people. We mightiness beryllium from the aforesaid place, but I don’t cognize them; we don’t bent out. I can’t impeach anyone, and I don’t privation to. That’s for the constabulary to do. We received threats contiguous that they’re going to sprout america all, propulsion grenades, and worldly similar that. I wasn’t told by idiosyncratic connected the different side; I heard it from intermediaries. There are ever radical who walk connected information,” Fragiadakis said.

As for his sister, Evangelia, helium described her arsenic “giving” and “an bonzer creature”. “There was nary specified girl. Too bad. An guiltless psyche was lost,” helium added.