Death of a football fan in Greece: 35 new charges, 105 in total

by time news

2023-08-14 02:19:49

Greek justice on Sunday charged and remanded 35 more people after a young Greek football fan of AEK Athens was stabbed to death, bringing the number of people charged in the incident to 105, according to a report. judicial source.

Among the accused are 102 Croats, suspected of being linked to Dinamo Zagreb hooligans Bad Blue Boys, who had arrived in Greece on Monday, the day before their side’s Champions League preliminary game against AEK in Athens.

Clashes between Dinamo Zagreb and AEK Athens ultras

The other three defendants are two Greeks and an Albanian. The Greek authorities are looking for a Greek, also suspected of being involved in this deadly attack, according to the same source. A hundred people were arrested on Monday evening during clashes between ultras from Dinamo Zagreb and AEK Athens in Nea Filadelfia, a western suburb of the Greek capital.

During the violence, Michalis Katsouris, 29, died of a haemorrhage in his left arm after being stabbed. Those remanded in custody have all denied involvement in his death. They are generally charged with homicide, participation in a criminal organization and illegal possession of weapons, according to this judicial source.

The end of the first interrogations

The three investigating judges, who began the interrogations on Friday, completed them on Sunday. DNA samples from the accused were taken to try to identify the author of the fatal stab wounds, according to the same source.

Among those detained is a 40-year-old man, who is suspected of leading the Bad Blue Boys, Greek News Agency Ana reported.

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