In open letter to PM, Tempe train crash victims’ families allege interference in the investigation

Maria Karystianou, who represents the families of the 57 victims of last year's train accident in Tempe, central Greece, on Friday addressed an open letter to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, alleging interference with the judicial investigation into the tragedy.

"Why did you intervene in the judicial process before competent authorities had even commenced the official investigation of this tragic accident, particularly when the site should have been preserved untouched as a crime scene?," Karystianou asks in the letter shared on Facebook, with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou also copied.

Karystianou, whose 19-year-old daughter died at the crash, also asks, "What specific criminal actions did you seek to conceal through the coordinated operation of comprehensive evidence tampering at the [collision] site, and who are the culpable individuals you assisted in...