THE Ilias Koukoularis, he ate his life at sea and in recent years he was the Financial Director of the shipping company. He was the man who tried to stop the perpetrator at massacre in Glyfada and finally he himself lost his life. His wife and other relatives are devastated they spoke to SKAI about the drama they live.

Ilias Koukoularis was a captain specifically for 30 consecutive years and financial director of the shipping company. An exemplary professional who was knocked backwards in his attempt to prevent the perpetrator of the deadly attack. The pain of his own, immeasurable.

Spouse of Koukoularis: What can I say my child, what can I say. What to say. I don’t know anything to say. I don’t know how this man (the perpetrator) has become like this. I knew him, now I don’t know how he was to do this thing

– He had never given such samples in the past.”

Spouse of Koukoularis: No, I don’t think that he had given. My husband had not told me anything. Nothing, nothing he had said to me.

– Did you know him? Have you ever seen this man before?

Spouse of Koukoularis: Yes, I had seen him before. We had seen him again at events in these. He was… we knew him. What can I say, my child. What to say. We lost our man, I lost the father of my children and grandchildren. I lost the land. What else can I tell you to understand? What else can I tell you? This man had never touched a mosquito in his life.

-And he was also an impeccable professional and loved his family.

Spouse of Koukoularis: He was also very good at his job. This thing should not happen to a human being.

Try to disarm the perpetrator and put an end to the evil. He took the shotgun from his hands seconds after the double murder of Maria Karnesis and Antonis Vlassakis. He made the mistake of turning his back, but the 76-year-old had a second weapon, he took a revolver out of his pocket and shot him in the back.

The pain for the relatives and friends of the captain is unspeakable. What they mention is how he is an excellent professional and an admirable human being.

“He was a really good man. My father-in-law was a very good man. And I still owe him a lot. Excellent man. He helped them all… he did good,” says his son-in-law.

A good one .. who paid for it with his life. For years a close associate of the Karnesi family. He gave his life in the shipping industry that promoted him professionally.

“My father-in-law was a man of sacrifice as you understood by his act. This was something he did all his life. He was sacrificing for everyone .. first of all for his family for all of us. It was our support and then for all the people who asked for it. So, in this way, Christ, who loved him so much, chose to receive him through his sacrifice. And we will boil in the bitter juice of his loss,” adds his son-in-law.

The family’s house receives people from early in the morning. Friends, relatives, neighbors. Everyone with a “why” in their mouths. Why should they lose their own man so unfairly and unexpectedly?

“He was a beloved man whom we lost. That’s it. Beloved man. Perfect man. Head of the family, sir. To those around the wife. To everyone”, says his relative.

According to the testimonies, Ilias Koulouris tried to calm down the assailant and when he found the opportunity he grabbed the carbine. A little later, the 76-year-old, having taken back his hunting rifle with which he broke into the company’s offices, ended his life.