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Thread: Greek pensioner kills himself before parliament
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[quote=GROWTHRING,461868]Shortly after news of the man's death, Lourantos says he received an anonymous call from a pharmacist saying she would be next to follow suit. "I am now frantically looking to find out who it was so we can stop her," Lourantos said. The busy square, through which thousands pass by during the morning commute hours when the suicide occurred, was cordoned off while the body was taken away. Greece is stumbling through its worst post-World War Two economic crisis as austerity measures demanded by foreign lenders in exchange for financial aid push the country into its fifth year of recession. The government last year said suicides had increased 40 percent over the previous two years as the worsening crisis drives ordinary Greeks to despair. With financial hardship fast becoming an unavoidable facet of life for many, some Greeks said the pharmacist's public suicide would not be the last. "This is the point to which they've brought us. Do they really expect a pensioner to live on 300 euros?" asked 54-year old Maria Parashou, who rushed to the square to pay her respects after reading about the suicide. "They've cut our salaries, they've humiliated us. I have one daughter who is unemployed and my husband has lost half of his income, but I won't allow myself to lose hope." [/quote]
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