The comments of veteran politician and former minister Thodoros Pangalos concerning Crete and the Cretans have had their expected result in that a Cretan has decided to sue the outspoken politico for his vilifying comments.

Α 51-year-old American tourist who sustained life-threatening injuries when a powerful firecracker exploded in a crowded church courtyard during Easter celebrations on Saturday on the southeastern Aegean island of Santorini, was taken off life support on Thursday.

The tragic accidental killing of a 40 year old on Crete during celebratory gunshots fired as a custom, on the island, have led to numerous calls to curtail illegal firearms that are a tradition among Cretans, but none were so inflammatory as the ones uttered by retired politicians Theodoros Pangalos.