In one of modern Greece’s most haunting cold cases, two suspects have been arrested in connection with the 2010 firebombing of a Marfin bank branch on Stadiou Street in Athens — an attack that killed three people, including a pregnant woman, Angeliki Papathanasopoulos.
The breakthrough came after an anonymous email was sent to Greece’s elite investigative unit, containing names and photographs identifying the alleged perpetrators. According to survivor Maria Karagianni, who spoke to Ta Nea, the arrests reignite hope that justice may finally be served. “I want to see them tried and imprisoned,” she said.
For the families of the three victims — Papathanasopoulos, Epameinondas Tsakalis, and Paraskevi Zoulia — and for the survivors, the passage of 16 years has done nothing to ease the demand for accountability. The case, which arose from violent protests during Greece’s debt crisis, has remained a deep wound in the national consciousness.
