Tepro Iasi trade union leader Virgil Sahleanu, aged 50, died yesterday after being stabbed when exiting the building where he lived, primary investigations showing that there had been two attackers.
Alerted by the victim’s screams, the neighbours found Sahleanu and took him to the Emergency Hospital. Sahleanu died under surgery, an hour after the attack.
According to police officers, Sahleanu was stabbed four or five times in the liver area, and, judging by the appearance of the wounds, it seems that the attackers used two knives.
Prefect Florin Vitan stated that, according to data in his possession, some persons that witnessed the event reported that Sahleanu had been stabbed by two young men.
A special commandment was set up at Municipal Police headquarters, in order to centralise all information connected to this case. Tepro workers found out soon about the murder of Sahleanu, who had been their leader for two years, and around 11.00 hours they gathered at the gates of the factory.
From this point, more than 1,000 employees marched towards downtown, carrying flags that had several pieces of black cloth attached. The massive presence of police troops annoyed the trade union members, but no incidents were recorded.
After a short exchange of words between protestors and gendarmes, a delegation of the trade unionists was received by prefect Florin Vitan.