Protothema.gr has released a shocking video.gr, depicting the dramatic moments of the deadly Molotov cocktail attack on Marfin at noon on May 5, 2010, in which three people lost their lives, one of whom was pregnant.

As seen in the video, it is shortly after 2:00 p.m. when the bank employees are inside the branch, however, their eyes are fixed on the branch’s exit, as a large march against the austerity measures was underway outside on Stadiou Street. Only a few minutes had passed when a group of hooded individuals broke away from the march and began attacking the branch, trying to smash the glass front.

The employees are confused; they move around inside the branch, performing the routine tasks carried out before the bank closes, but at 2:07 p.m., panic breaks out. Those at the teller counters run off to another room, as the bank’s glass partition had just been broken. Then the last employee is seen turning back to retrieve a personal item and runs after the others.

This is the moment when the first explosion is shown; the first Molotov cocktails have been thrown inside the branch, the area fills with smoke, and the screen goes black.

Watch the video footage from protothema.gr:

The rest of the story is part of one of the darkest cases of the post-dictatorship era.

Most of the employees crowded into the small skylight that was connected to the roof by a metal grate, which one of them managed to break through. They then climbed from the skylight onto the roof, from where they jumped to an adjacent building, breaking its window with a crowbar.

The bodies of Angeliki Papathanassopoulou, 32 (four months pregnant), Epameinondas Tsakalis, 36, and Paraskevi Zoulia, 35. They were trapped by the flames on the third floor of the building and died of asphyxiation.

Sixteen years later, the investigation into the case has resumed, this time with tangible results, as three individuals have been identified; two of whom have already been arrested, and a third—a 46-year-old woman who was arrested in London—is expected to be extradited to Greece.

Source: Protothema.gr