Request to Military Prosecutor’s Office, order to reopen the case of the death of infantryman Manolis Tsiknakis, the family’s lawyer, Alexandra Spanaki, testifies. The unfortunate infantryman lost his life on June 27, 2018 while was on duty on the island of Rho. The Army General Staff announced to the Tsiknakis family that their 22-year-old son Manolis fatally shot himself in the head, however, the evidence collected and filed by the forensic examiner of the family, Elpida Spanoudakis, testifies that it is homicide.
Speaking to Creta24, the family lawyer revealed that there are new testimonies but also very important elements and technical reports of expert scientists “which lead to tragic conclusions as to how the 22-year-old died.”
“There are testimonies of children who were interviewed in one formal and guided questioning process, which were directed at certain targets, that is, if it was a question of the mental health of the soldier and nothing more. There have been very important elements that have come to light and there have also been technical reports from expert scientists, which come to tragic conclusions as to how this child died.”
The lawyer of the Tsiknakis family filed a new report and appeals to the Military Prosecutor’s Office to withdraw the case from the file, to order further inquiries, regarding the investigation of the circumstances and the evaluation of the findings for the death of the Cretan infantryman.
“The Military Prosecutor’s Office should appoint the scientists and come to conclusions that can logically contradict the conclusions reached by the experts we have appointed.”
In fact, in case of a negative answer from the Military Prosecutor’s Office, the Tsiknakis family intends to proceed with specific lawsuits.
“The family has re-submitted a report, also citing new evidence and we await a response. We will now proceed with the submission of specific lawsuits. However, we await the reflexes of the Military Prosecutor’s Office, regarding our application and the possibility that it may order a supplementary preliminary investigation, in order to complete this case file in its entirety and to fill in the gaps that exist and the real deficiencies”.
“The death of Manolis Tsiknakis was in no way a suicide but a criminal act”
The coroner and technical advisor of the Tsiknakis family, Elpida Spanoudakis, was also a catalyst, as to the circumstances of the 22-year-old infantryman’s death, speaking to Central News Bulletin of CRETA Television and Maria Binihaki.
As he said, the fatal wounds of 22-year-old Manolis were not the result of a shot from an army G3A3 long-range weapon (weapon that he also owned) but were compatible with a short-barreled firearm.
“The evidence we have leads us to further investigation. It cannot under any circumstances be suicide but a criminal act.”
According to Mrs. Spanoudaki, the infantryman’s body moved three times, as a result to lose valuable data, no autopsy was performed at the scene, while she herself estimated that the death occurred at least 4 hours earlier than the one officially declared.
“Manolis did not commit suicide. They gave the wrong data and the photos were not presented in the case file.” added Mrs. Spanoudaki.
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