Cover-up allegations in Greek fire tragedy

📆 2020/07/21 08:08:00
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Two years after Greece's worst fire tragedy that claimed over 100 lives, a weekend report said a leading investigator was allegedly pressured to 'bury' evidence.

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Kathimerini daily over the weekend reported that fire department investigator Dimitris Liotsios was allegedly told by then fire chief Vassilis Mattheopoulos to"bury" and"doctor" investigation files in order to"save himself" from retaliation by higher-ups. But in the aftermath of the disaster, the police and fire services gave conflicting accounts of what had gone wrong.

Athens prosecutors have filed criminal negligence charges against 20 people including the regional governor, local mayors and senior officials in the fire service, the port police and in civil protection.

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