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The case of painting the Greek flag with red paint in Kastellorizo has sounded the alarm to find the culprits.
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A squad of State Security agents, who traveled to the remote island from Rhodes, are investigating signs and suspicions of foreign “hired” tourists. Investigations for strange stays, arrivals and departures from Kastellorizo have already begun in recent days.
As an indication, police sources report that in the last 10 years, 12 people, from Germany, France, Holland, Bulgaria and Turkey, have been arrested in Kos, Kalymnos, Rhodes, Chios, Lesbos, Samothrace and Evros, to photograph and possess equipment, military installations and even military parades on Greek islands. Some of them were retired military or police officers, while others had appeared as members of NGOs.
Chancellor’s Wrath for Kastellorizo
The foreign minister most unequivocally condemned the insult to the national symbol of Greece in Kastellorizo today. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs highlighted that such actions strengthen the prospects for de-escalation in the Mediterranean and calls on Turkey to bring the perpetrators to justice.
The announcement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in detail:
We unequivocally condemn yesterday’s insult to the Greek flag at Kastellorizo.
Such unacceptable actions are intended to boost the prospects of escalating tensions between the two countries.
We hope that the Turkish authorities will immediately condemn and investigate the incident, so that the perpetrators can be brought to justice.
Turkish media: a group of Turkish nationalist engineers carried out the sabotage
A group of Turkish nationalist engineers is behind the challenge in Kastellorizo, Turkish media reports.
According to the report by the Turkish channel Karar TV, which also published images of a drone after the sabotage, the perpetrators dropped 100 kilos of red paint on the Greek flag, which is painted on the right side of the island.
«After the burning of the Turkish flag in the Thessaloniki demonstrations, a group of Turkish citizens, engineers by profession, painted the huge Greek flag red on the island of Kastellorizo. According to information from various sources, in the operation that took place on the morning of Saturday, September 26, 100 kilos of paint were used. “On night flights, which the Greek soldiers did not notice and continued until 09:00 in the morning, drones were used,” says the Turkish television network in its report.
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