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The catalyst was the testimony of a 42-year-old Afghan, who named five of the six arrested in the September 8 fire in Moria. Her testimony, brought to light by Kathimerini, contains shocking details about how the Moria BCP was destroyed.
Previously, other details of the arson case in the field were made public. According to the file, none of the six young Afghans wants to take responsibility for the arson in Moria, although they deny any accusations.
One of the detainees, a 17-year-old Afghan man, even claims that he was falsely named by the aforementioned 42-year-old man, whom he describes as the “commander” or “leader” of Moria.
“He falsely gives me the status of leader of the minors. Those who did not accept him as their leader, he slandered them and created problems for them. He is a Pashtun and has troubled relationships with non-Afghans. He wants to get along with the authorities and the NGO people. Performing in KYT “Moria and so obviously found an opportunity to involve some of those who did not accept him as their leader and at the same time look good and cooperative with the island authorities,” he characteristically stated in his testimony. 
The profile of the 42-year-old Afghan
The 42-year-old man, who is said to have the nickname “Commander of Moria”, arrived in Lesbos from the Turkish coast in December with his wife and five children.
He is from the Pashtun tribe and, as he testified to the police, he had been designated as a representative of the approximately 200 members of the same tribe who lived in the Moria hospital.
“I was appointed to represent them in solving various problems we had, both against the competent authorities (Police, Asylum Service) and against the representatives of other ethnic groups in the KYT,” he declared.
His testimony about fire: “Set fire here, set fire there”
“I saw 15-20 young Afghans running, who dispersed in Zone 12 and set fire everywhere, using cardboard and other objects to move the fire from one place to another. “I heard them yelling at each other, ‘Set fire here, set fire there.’ I, along with others, begged them to stop because there is danger for us, our women and our children, ”he said in his statement. 
“Not only did they not comply, but they continued with greater resentment, telling us that we have families and that we will take triptychs to leave the island but they have nothing to lose and if they do not they will not leave. We tried to put out the fires with other people who lived next to me, but unfortunately the wind was very strong and the fires spread throughout the Area. We take our families and leave. “
Intense discontent with the coronavirus quarantine
Regarding the cases of coronavirus and the mandatory quarantine of those who tested positive for the virus, the 42-year-old man told the police that “the news caused strong discontent among many of my compatriots as many do not believe in the existence of the sickness or in need of action. Rumor even spread that a fence would be put up around the perimeter of the KYT so we couldn’t get out. “People who know that in relation to families it is more difficult to get a triptych and get out of Lesbos they reacted more to this reputation. “
He also told police that on the eve of the fire, he had overheard his compatriots discussing the need to destroy the quarantine area created by the Dutch NGO Movement on the ground.
Name five young Afghans
When asked if he knew any of the people who started the fire, the 42-year-old named three young Afghans from Zone 12 of the camp, another who “lives near the food line,” as well as the aforementioned minor. which, he said, KYT as the leader of unaccompanied minors. 
The five young Afghans suggested by the 42-year-old were arrested, as was another identified in a video posted on Facebook.
The identification was achieved through a comparative analysis of the video of the arson, with footage from the security cameras of the Mytilene airport, in which the unaccompanied minors were registered when they left the island the day after the fire.
According to a police officer, the video (of which people are heard speaking in Afghan) was posted on Facebook by Syrian refugees in order not to be found guilty of arson.
All six defendants were taken into custody. Her lawyers complain that the procedures provided by law were not applied during the recognition process by the 42-year-old. They even asked for a cross-examination of the detainee with the only witness, a request that was not accepted.
Furthermore, they strongly question the credibility of the 42-year-old, emphasizing that the five people he named belong to a rival Pashtun tribe, the Khazara.
Finally, information from “K” indicates that in the next period they will deliver official documents to the interrogation that show that some of the defendants who are registered as adults have not reached 18 years of age.
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