Why him? – The Troktiko blog
The question “Why him?” burns the lips of his family, friends and colleagues.
Sokratis Giolias, 37, was heading private radio Thema FM 98,9 and was founder of most popular news blog in Greek Troktiko. The blog has a continuous flow of local and international news but also reveals political and social scandals and corruption cases. All posts are anonymous. While journalists in Greece saw in Giolias the owner of Troktiko, the blog’s ownership was officially admitted after his death by the blog administrators.
“It was the vision and idea of Sokratis” blog administrators posted yesterday. “An independent blog that could be the voice of all of you. Socrates wanted an independent media that anyone who feels been treated unjust can express his complaint without deceit and expediency”.
Last Sunday Troktiko was heralding the release a video showing corruption of a businessman with security forces.
Giolias’ archives, confiscated and examining by police, might give the answer to the link between the target and the bullets.
The blog suspended posting today to grief the death of Sokratis.
Last Sunday Troktiko was heralding the release a video showing corruption of a businessman with security forces.
Giolias’ archives, confiscated and examining by police, might give the answer to the link between the target and the bullets.
Why him? – The Sect of Revolutionaries
The Sect of Revolutionaries has threatened members of the Greek media in the past. February 2009 the group attacked and fired shots at the parking lot of private ALTER TV, a broadcaster where Giolias worked until 2008. After the attack the SR issued a pamphlet accusing the media of manufacturing news and attempting to ensure the public remained obedient to the state.
“Journalists, this time we came to your door, but next time you will find us in your homes,” the SR statement said.
After the bomb parceled to the Ministry of the Protection of Public that resulted in the death of Minister’s aide June 24, an anonymous organization claimed responsibility via a pamphlet sent to a Greek daily, two weeks after the attack. Giolias wrote in Troktiko in July 11:
“Prominent journalists and judges are the next targets of terrorists, whether the pamphlet is true or not. It is given that the terrorists would open fronts and expand their horizons and it is not possible that all professional groups are guarded!” (TOVIMA online)
In contrast to many prominent Greek journalists living in well guarded areas Sokratis Giolias have never asked for police protection although he was receiving threats from time to time. The child of a poor family had climbed through hard work the social ladder. He was living a moderate middle-class life in an unguarded middle-class suburb… So why him?
No group has so far claimed responsibility of the assassination of Sokratis Giolias.
