US Secretary of State Marco Rubio referred to Vagia Nestora's killing alongside other victims of terrorism and extremism at a State Department conference on the return of political terrorism.
Representatives from 65 countries took part.
Rubio said:
“You are here because two weeks ago a 72-year-old woman suffered burns to more than 80% of her body in her own home in Greece.
“And she died, killed by an incendiary bomb because her daughter dared to run for public office.”
He cited further examples:
“You are here because, for five days in winter, the lights went out in Berlin in the largest blackout since the Second World War.
“It was caused by an attack that left tens of thousands of households without electricity in freezing conditions and cost an 83-year-old woman her life.
“You are here because, a month after that blackout, a 23-year-old Frenchman died from severe brain injuries after an attack in a Lyon street by a group of far-left thugs.
“You are here because your leaders are being stabbed and shot in the streets, your businesses bombed, your railways sabotaged and your police beaten and burnt.”
He concluded:
“This evil is real. It is getting worse. We can no longer deny or ignore it.
“It is time to eliminate it for good. We must stand against this growing threat.
“America First means rejecting all political violence.”
