ELAS made 60 arrests for the case of the incidents in Rentis that led to the murder of the police officer Giorgos Lyggeridis.
Those arrested are accused of organizing the attacks on Rentis, as well as moral complicity and complicity in the murder of the 31-year-old police officer Giorgos Lyggeridis, as well as criminal organization.
According to information, five are the leading members in the incidents in Rentis and in the murder of the 31-year-old policeman.
Joseph or “short”
The person known as Iosif or “short” is said to be the main organizer of the attacks on police forces, while the attack on Rentis seems to have been planned retaliation for what had happened in Volos three days before.
In fact, at the time of his arrest on Sunday night (21/04/2024) in Ioannina, Iosif had 5,000 euros and 4 mobile phones on him, with the authorities believing that he would try to escape abroad.
the “storekeeper”
Another person charged is the 27-year-old manager of a well-known trapper who allegedly had the keys to the warehouse from which weapons and naval flares were transported.
The “Romanian”, “Shark” and “Kokos”
Among the moral perpetrators there is a 36-year-old with the nickname “Romanos” who was arrested in a fight with fans of his team and two 31-year-olds known by the nicknames “Shark” and “Kokos”.
In fact, the latter was arrested in 2013 for 4 racist attacks as a member of the Golden Dawn, including in a barber shop of a man of Pakistani origin in Metamorfosi.
20 people in the core executive
According to the report, 20 people were the main core for the execution of the incident and attacks and another 40 were cooperating with extraordinary participations.
How did the authorities track them down?
After the murder of 31-year-old Giorgos Lyggeridis, the Police launched a multi-month investigation to identify the perpetrators, while a high-definition video that fell into the hands of the authorities and shows what happened up until the fight outside the stadium in Rentis played a key role.
There was also a series of declassifications, while the convictions from the scene of the incidents played an important role, which contrasted with the 400 people who had been brought after the incidents in Rentis.
The policeman’s father wept upon hearing of the arrests
The father of the MAT police officer, moved, reported to his child’s colleagues.
“I lost a son, a hero, yes, but through that son I gained another family his platoon, they supported me and all of you, I can’t say, but all those kids back there, the ones who pulled everything they fought with my son, they will continue to fight, not that there won’t be another Giorgos”.
