The last application of the death penalty in Greece did not have only one victim…

The reason; He is a four-year-old sentenced to death by the Athens Criminal Court for the murders of his 24-year-old wife, his 2½-year-old daughter, his one-year-old son and his 55-year-old mother-in-law, in the most horrific way. He burns them alive…

Upon hearing the final execution, Lymberis collapses. He kneels before the priest who gives him communion and refuses to smoke a cigarette and drink coffee. He is then led, supported, to the military car that transports him to the place of execution, to the firing range of the School of Reserve Infantry Officers of Heraklion in the Dyo Aorakia area of ​​Heraklion, Crete.

The dying person is examined by a doctor, since the Criminal Code stipulates that the dying person must be healthy at the time of the execution, and is asked by the prosecutor Nikolopoulos about his last wish. Lyberis asks to be blindfolded and his ears plugged so he doesn’t hear the shots, but only the first one is accepted. He is unshaven, looking cool, while wearing a white shirt and black pants.

Across from him is a 12-man squad of reservists holding M-1 rifles, only six of which have regular bullets, so no one in the squad can be sure they fired. Present in the macabre scene are his mother and his brother, the deputy prosecutor, a priest, and the young court reporter Nikos Gerakaris who has the information about the execution, together with the photojournalist Vassilis Karamanolis.

After the commands “Aim” and “Fire”, at 5:51 with the first rays of the sun, a volley of shots knocks Lymberis to the ground. The absolute silence is broken by his mother’s heartbreaking cry: “My Santa!”. The tragic moments are described by the priest Emmanuel Andrianakis who is there: “When the orders started some people hid behind the military vehicle so as not to be seen. I was chanting the prayer and my eyes were fixed on this man. He didn’t react, he didn’t panic, he didn’t shout. He surrendered to his fate. The bullets riddled his body, he fell to the ground in agony. How is a chicken that you cut its throat and it is knocked down, that was the body of Lymberis”.

The free throw is called upon to be given by the chief reserve lieutenant of the detachment. But, faced with the sight of the dead body, he refuses, and tremblingly shifts the responsibility to the permanent lieutenant, who puts down his revolver, turns his head away, and then gasses the pile with an automatic weapon.

The circle of blood is closed with blood, but a new circle of regrets opens, from the young soldiers who are actively involved in the execution, many of them unable to handle what they are forced to experience that morning of the 25^her August.

We don’t know if he escaped remorse, but the accomplice to the gruesome murders certainly escaped the firing squad, since the dictator Papadopoulos commuted his death sentence to life at the last minute due to the fact that he was a minor at the time of the crimes, resulting in his release later from a 20-year sentence.

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