The Greek government called for “
calm
” on Thursday March 31 after angry demonstrations against a mother suspected of having killed her 9-year-old daughter by poisoning her, after her two other little girls have already died.
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"
Killer, confess (your crime)
", chanted protesters Thursday outside the Athens courthouse, where the 33-year-old suspect appeared before an investigating judge, noted an AFP correspondent.
In Patras, in the Peloponnese (West) where his home is, residents gathered when he was arrested on Wednesday evening.
"
Death to child killers
" was written on the facade of his home.
The young woman is being prosecuted for "
intentional homicide
of his eldest daughter, who died in January at the age of 9, we learned from a judicial source.
An autopsy and toxicological examinations have detected the presence of a veterinary substance on his remains, triggering criminal proceedings against the mother, according to the same source.
“Great possibilities of a criminal act”
The suspect's second daughter died 3 years ago at the age of 3 and a half and the youngest died in March 2021 at the age of 6 months.
After the opening of criminal proceedings for the murder of the eldest, "
there are now great possibilities that a criminal act
" has also been committed on the other two children, estimated Grigoris Leon, president of the union forensic doctors, quoted by public television ERT.
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Government spokesman Yannis Economou called for "
calm
" on Thursday and to "
trust the authorities so that the facts are clarified by the competent bodies
".
“
The emotional and moral charge of this affair exceeds the personal limits of most of us
”, he added during his press briefing on Thursday, while expressing “
his pain
” in this drama.
The suspect placed in police custody appeared Thursday before an investigating judge in Athens and obtained a four-day deadline before her testimony scheduled for Monday.
