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All Victims of Athens Apartment Explosion Identified
Greek City Times • • world
Key Points:
- Authorities have identified all six victims of the explosion at an Airbnb apartment in Plaka, Athens, including two American couples on holiday.
- Among the victims were Florin Hoxha and his pregnant wife Erisa Cani, who were on their honeymoon, along with Florin’s sister Florida Hoxha and her husband Ian Alexander Kirkpatrick, who had booked the apartment.
- The two couples were due to check out at 11am and fly back to the United States at 4pm but were asleep when the explosion occurred around 7:30am.
- The other victims were an elderly couple living on the second floor: 78-year-old Greek woman Athina Papareskou and her 77-year-old British husband Edmond Hingst.
- Relatives of the victims have traveled to Athens to provide DNA samples and grieve, with authorities completing the identification process following the tragic incident.
