Thessaloniki: Rage for a young man who desecrated a statue of Katsantonis – “I will ask for a humble apology,” says the perpetrator

The videos from her show the desecration of the statue in Cordelia. The young perpetrator swears and spits it out, with someone pulling the pictures, probably from a cell phone. The footage caused anger and began to go around the internet. With the negative protagonist deciding after a few hours to solve his silence, to apologize. Specifically the young man commented after the reactions to the desecration in Thessaloniki: “I am not Albanian. I’m a Greek gypsy and I didn’t know what the statue meant. I just found out and I went crazy.” ADVERSE “I say I’ll go there and wipe it off. I’ll take water with me to wipe it. I’ll get down on my knees and ask for a humble apology. I will also take videos and upload it to Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok,” wrote the perpetrator in post after the storm of reactions caused by his act. The video was posted on Instagram and was subsequently communicated by a number of users seeking the young man’s exemplary punishment. CORVERSE Immediately after the negative protagonist of the case decided to apologize and promise to make amends. The example punishment of the perpetrator of vandalism is requested by his post and the well-known sculptor, George Kikotis. Climate of the Anti-Democracy of Cleanness of the Municipality of Cordeli – Eusmos rushed to the point and proceeded to purge the artwork. Antonis Katsantonis (1775 – 1809) was a famous Greek thief, who acted on Turkish rule in the pre-revolutionary years in the areas of Agraphas, Valtos and Xeropotamos Aetoloakarnania. Katsantonis’ reputation survived after the period of the revolution and was spread mainly by the municipal muse as the “Eagle of the Agraphs” and the “Lion of Thiefturia”. He was his first-hand man, the “Achille of Rome”, as Kostis Palamas called Karaiskakis. Katsantonis is considered by historians to be a counterpart of Kolokotronis, Karaiskakis and Androutsos.