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Mitsotakis Calls for United Front Against Political Violence as Threats Target Dep. Minister

Mitsotakis Calls for United Front Against Political Violence as Threats Target Dep. Minister

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday wrote that Greece’s recent breakthroughs in two major terrorism-related investigations demonstrate that political violence must be confronted through the rule of law rather than retaliation, after authorities arrested suspects in the long-unsolved 2010 Marfin firebombing and a fatal July 1 arson attack targeting ruling New Democracy officials in Thessaloniki.

In his weekly Facebook post, Mitsotakis described the arrests as an important step toward delivering justice for the victims and their families, saying the state had fulfilled its commitment not to allow the cases to remain unresolved.

Referring to the Marfin firebombing, in which three bank employees died during anti-austerity protests in May 2010, and the recent death of Vagia Nestora in the Thessaloniki firebombing, he said the investigations demonstrated that democratic institutions ultimately prevail over political violence.

The Greek prime minister stressed that responsibility for determining guilt now rests with the courts and called for a united political front against terrorism, arguing there should be no room for equivocation or attempts to justify extremist violence. Greece’s response, he said, must

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