Marfin Bank victims commemorated

A plaque commemorating the three employees of Marfin Bank who died by asphyxiation when their branch was firebombed during a protest march on May 5, 2010, was unveiled in Athens Saturday.

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and many other officials attended the ceremony.

The leaders of Syriza and the Greek Communist Party laid wreaths on the site earlier Saturday.

The three employees, Angeliki Papathanassopoulou, 32, who was four months pregnant, Paraskevi Zoulia, 35, and Epaminondas Tsdakalis, 36, died of asphyxiation when the bank branch was firebombed by unidentified individuals taking part in a large protest march against the first austerity agreement Greece had signed with its creditors just days earlier.

The fire spread quickly and, although most employees made it out safely, some were trapped inside. Some...