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Fri, May 25 2012
Kouneva case 'botched' by Greek authorities
Greek parliament at Syntagma square
The case of the Bulgarian woman, Kostadinka Kouneva, who had acid poured over her in December 2008, appears to have stalled indefinitely, according to reports from Greek media.
Kouneva has claimed that the Greek state has yet to live up to its promise to provide her with a home as compensation for her injuries.
She was attacked with acid on December 23 2008 and horribly disfigured as a consequence. She has been in hospital ever since, having lost her sight in one eye and suffering serious internal injuries.
In an interview with the Greek daily Avgi non August 9, Kouneva also alleged that the investigation into the attack, for which nobody has been charged, had been botched and that authorities had not sought a more detailed statement from her than the one they had extracted immediately following the assault.
A 48-year-old Albanian was detained on February 21 2009 and released four days later, Bulgarian news agency Focus said, amid confusion surrounding the Albanian's documentation.
"The Greek police and the country’s judiciary have done absolutely nothing to track down the perpetrators of the attack," she was quoted as saying.
Kouneva has claimed that the Greek state has yet to live up to its promise to provide her with a home as compensation for her injuries.
She was attacked with acid on December 23 2008 and horribly disfigured as a consequence. She has been in hospital ever since, having lost her sight in one eye and suffering serious internal injuries.
In an interview with the Greek daily Avgi non August 9, Kouneva also alleged that the investigation into the attack, for which nobody has been charged, had been botched and that authorities had not sought a more detailed statement from her than the one they had extracted immediately following the assault.
A 48-year-old Albanian was detained on February 21 2009 and released four days later, Bulgarian news agency Focus said, amid confusion surrounding the Albanian's documentation.
"The Greek police and the country’s judiciary have done absolutely nothing to track down the perpetrators of the attack," she was quoted as saying.
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Konstantina Kouneva says she feels no resentment or hatred towards the attackers, who were driven to their actions by "unemployment and job insecurity".
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Jon:
". As for the effectiveness of the Greek police, unfortunately Bulgaria is not able to complain from a position of moral or effective authority."
Who's doing that?
I've never heard anyone complain about Greek police in BG.
All I said that ours isn't that much different from the neighbors.
We are simply not police type of countries.
Well at least the Greek media have not forgotten her case and are keeping the matter alive. On that point, the Bulgarian press have not been so active. As for the effectiveness of the Greek police, unfortunately Bulgaria is not able to complain from a position of moral or effective authority.
our people have become savages just ask the bulgarians, the albanians, the afghani's, the romas,the turks, the macedonians and even british tourists!!!
"The Greek police and the country’s judiciary have done absolutely nothing to track down the perpetrators of the attack," she was quoted as saying."
I don't want to heat anything about Bulgarian justice!
Such savages....