The relatives are indignant
The trial for the deadly explosion at the "Evangelos Florakis" naval base in Mari was postponed until June 21, due to the absence of -one of the accused- the former head of the National Guard, Lieutenant General Petros Tsalikidis
The trial, which was scheduled to begin Friday morning at the Larnaca District Court, was attended by the other seven defendants.
The district judge Elias Georgiou ruled that based on the data before him, the trial should be postponed, because the Greek government failed to locate and arrest Petros Tsalikidis and extradite him to Cyprus, based on a pending European arrest warrant. against him.
Defendants' attorneys did not object, but stressed that in order to satisfy the public feeling, as well as the relatives of the victims, the process should start as soon as possible and asked that this be the last time the case is postponed.
Source: FILELEFTHEROS