“37 deaths were announced at the Joint Operations Coordination Center (ESKE) and other agencies until the then Prime Minister arrived at the Coordination Center in Chalandri,” forensic expert Dimitris Liotsios testified at the Mati trial, who today four days later that took the position of a witness, completed his testimony.

The prosecutor, who left the courtroom to the applause of the hall, also spoke for the first time today about the pressure and threats that he received during the investigation into the causes of the tragedy, which he conducted as a representative of the prosecutor’s office.

Answering questions from the chief prosecutor, the prosecutor said that from the very beginning the authorities had a clear picture of the devastating course of the fire that started in Dau Pentelis and the situation in the area.