The Albanian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that 4 victims of Albanian origin have been identified among the victims of the tragic railway accident in Larisa, Greece.
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After communicating with the Greek authorities, the Albanian Foreign Ministry informs that the victims identified are Ifigenia Micka, Pavlin Bozo, Joanis Xhollas and Klaudia Lato.
According to the Ministry, the DNA response is expected for another Albanian citizen declared "missing" by the family and the Greek police.
The name of Denis Ruçi was confirmed to Oculus News by the Albanian Embassy in Athens in the names of three Albanians who disappeared two days after the accident.
Meanwhile, two Albanian citizens, Roberto Dristi, 25, and Anisa Liuri, 23, are being treated in the Intensive Care Unit.
According to data updated on Saturday by the Greek police, the number of identified dead is 55, while the total number of confirmed dead is 57. According to the Greek authorities, 56 people are missing and 48 others are injured, of which 20 are injured.
The Greek authorities announced the establishment of a Special Committee of Experts to shed light on the causes of the accident.
Meanwhile, the head of the Larisa station is expected to appear before the prosecutor on Sunday under serious charges of negligent homicide that endanger his sentence from 10 years in prison to life imprisonment. According to his lawyer, he has accepted "his share of responsibility" for allowing the passenger train to enter the wrong trajectory and collide head-on with the freight train near the city of Tempi.
Numerous protests have been held after the accident of two trains in the main Greek cities where the revolt for the lost lives is expressed and safety is demanded in the railway transport in the country.
"Aristotle", the University of Thessaloniki declared mourning for its students who lost their lives in the deadly collision between two trains in Tempi. The number of students whose bodies have been identified is 12.
On Sunday morning, railway workers will hold a rally in the main square of Athens, while the Panhellenic Railway Federation said it will publish a memorandum on all the problems of the railway service and will ask for an urgent discussion with the Ministry of Transport and the main political subjects in the country to change the situation of safety in railway lines.
The accident of the Athens-Thessalonica passenger train carrying 341 passengers and a crew of 13 with a freight train at midnight on Tuesday is the worst in the country's history.
The first three cars derailed after the collision and were engulfed in a massive fire that has yet to be determined.