Prosecutor orders second exhumation in Tempe rail disaster case

A authoritative successful the cardinal metropolis of Larissa has ordered the exhumation of different victim of the Tempe railway catastrophe to let DNA identification.

The bid concerns the assemblage of Dimitris Aslanidis, son of Pavlos Aslanidis, 1 of the relatives of the 57 radical killed when a rider train collided with a freight train successful February 2023.

The petition is constricted to DNA confirmation of the victim’s individuality and does not widen to further examinations into the origin of death, arsenic sought by his father.

A akin bid was precocious issued for the exhumation of different victim, Denis Ruci, son of Panos Ruci.

Τhe president of the Larissa Appeals Court precocious rejected broader requests by families for toxicological oregon different specialized tests.