‘Mafia-style assault’ on archaeologist triggers protests in Greece

State-employed archaeologists in Greece launched strike motion Tuesday to protest an assault on an archaeologist liable for the resort island of Mykonos, an assault they are saying might have been linked to industrial strain to increase tourism improvement.

Archaeologist Manolis Psarros was overwhelmed by an unidentified man with a doable confederate in Athens final week and was left unconscious and bleeding on the street. The 53-year-old was taken to a state hospital within the Greek capital.

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Archaeologists employed by the Culture Ministry staged a five-hour work stoppage to protest what their affiliation described as a “mafia-style assault.”

“Our colleague’s … private life doesn’t justify any such prison assault and we immediately relate it to the instances that he dealt with on the island of Mykonos,” Despina Koutsoumba, the top of the protesting archaeologists’ affiliation informed a web based information convention Monday.

State-employed archaeologists in Greece maintain placards in a strike motion outdoors the Culture Ministry in Athens, on March 14, 2023, to protest the assault of an archaeologist on the island of Mykonos. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

“In the course of his duties he had handled severe instances of violations of archaeological and environmental laws and of the laws to (shield) coastal areas.”

The protest was joined by ministry workers in Athens in addition to the nationwide Association of Archaeological Conservators.

Planning permission in Greece is commonly topic to a veto by the native archaeological service, which is tasked with defending the nation’s historical heritage.

One of Greece’s greatest recognized vacation locations, Mykonos was settled in historical instances and hosts an archaeological museum. It is situated subsequent to the tiny and uninhabited island of Delos, an historical industrial, non secular and political middle that’s thought of certainly one of Greece’s most vital archaeological websites.

The Culture Ministry condemned the assault, whereas Mykonos Mayor Constantinos Koukas described the beating as a “prison and brazen assault that has shocked us all.”