Sorin Matei: The Niovi Street Hostage Situation that Was Broadcast Live on Television and Turned Into a Tragedy - What Happened 28 Years Ago - iefimerida.gr
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On the evening of September 23, 1998, the apartment building at 4 Niovis Street, in Kato Patisia, became the scene of one of the most dramatic hostage situations in Greece. For about four hours, an armed thug, Romanian Sorin Matei, held hostages inside an apartment. At the same time, he was talking on the phone with journalist Nikos Evangelatos. The conversation was broadcast live on television. Strong police forces had been deployed outside the…
28 years have passed since the evening of September 23, 1998, when all of Greece watched with bated breath the hostage-taking that was destined to end in tragedy on Niovis Street 4 in Kato Patisia. Romanian fugitive Sorin Matei, 28 years ago today, broke into an apartment building on Niovis Street in Kato Patisia […] The article Sorin Matei: 28 years since the hostage-taking that ended in tragedy – The shocking story of Niovis Street appeared fi…
On this day, 28 years ago, an apartment building in Kato Patisia became the focus of an unprecedented police operation and, at the same time, a television event watched by the entire country.
On September 23, 1998, the hostage-taking on Niovis Street was broadcast live. The police raid resulted in an explosion and the fatal injury of Amalia Gkinaki.
On a day like today, September 23, 1998, Greek society, glued to their television sets, watched a tragedy broadcast live.
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