The new voice recording, which the photojournalist sent to “Kathemerini” newspaper attests that Konstantina Kouneva and her family were threatened due to her syndicate activity.
In November, DeLorme and Kouneva have met one night at one of the metro stations where the Bulgarian had worked. The conversation starts like that:
- My colleagues do not greet me. This is how scared they are. Because if they see them talking to me or taking something from me, they get fired right away. It has reached that level.
- What other problems do you have due to your syndicate activity?
- They have accused me of stealing; they call me on the phone and threaten me. They say it straight forward without beating around the bush. I guess they will even try to fire me. They have called me on the phone, threatening to kill me. One day they sent the police to get me. Three cars surrounded the Marousi metro station, where I work – it was as if I tried to kill the Pope.
- They fired your mother too, right?
- Yes, they fired her because she is my mother. At the beginning she was working in the metro under more normal conditions and after that they sent her elsewhere. Her spine is bent and she cannot stand up. She got even sicker.