A high-definition video taken by one of the organized Olympiacos fans seems to have played a key role.
Five persons among the dozens arrested are said to be the moral perpetrators of the murderous attack against the police officer, Giorgos Lyggeridis in Rentis.
Specifically, according to the SKAI report, which was shown on the main news bulletin, they are accused of organizing the attacks on Rentis and of moral complicity and complicity in the murder of the 31-year-old policeman, as well as of a criminal organization that, as a traveling army, participated in at least 10 incidents of violence in sports venues.
Who are the five lead members?
As it states specific SKAI reportas the main organizer of the attacks against the police forces is said to be a 40-year-old, head of organized gangs.
In fact, the attack on the closed Melina Merkouris gym in Rentis was apparently a planned retaliation for what had happened in Volos 3 days before. They reported characteristics “let’s go clean them up“, “to finish them off». This was the slogan that the leader was saying, meaning the policemen, who would be in Rentis.
According to the report, at the time of his arrest on Sunday night in a cafe in Ioannina, he had 5,000 euros and 4 mobile phones in his pockets, with the police speculating that he would seek to flee abroad.
The second protagonist was accused in at least 4 court cases. He is the one who relayed the attack orders and brought in reinforcements. In fact, he was also one of the “key holders” of the warehouse from which he allegedly transported weapons and naval flares, and he is said to have been the one who gave the fatal flare to the 18-year-old who confessed to hitting the unfortunate police officer.
There is also a 36-year-old. In fact, he was among those arrested in the fight that happened in April at the Karaiskakis stadium in the context of an internal dispute between Olympiacos fans.
At the same time, there are two 31-year-olds. One of the two was arrested in 2013 for 4 racist attacks as a member of Golden Dawn, including at a barbershop of a man of Pakistani origin in Metamorfosi. A pistol was also found in his possession.
20 in basic core, 40 boosts
According to the report, twenty more arrested were the main executive core for the occurrence of incidents and attacks, while another 40 were the collaborators with extraordinary participations in order to give a “numerical superiority” to the action plan.
The findings of EL.AS.
As part of the house searches, the findings seized included 2 pistols, naval flares, knives, collapsible gloves as well as drugs.
It is noted that in one case of arrest that took place today, the perpetrator hit the policeman with a collapsible glove, who was taken to the hospital.
When asked by the police why he did it he said that “I thought you were thieves».
How they got to them and what they attribute to them
According to the SKAI report, immediately after the fatal wounding of Giorgos Lyggeridis, the police decided to conduct a multi-month investigation into the formation of a criminal organization. This investigation was completed today and it attributes to the defendants involvement in 14 cases of sports violence.
High definition video is key
A high-definition video taken by one of the organized Olympiacos fans at the stadium to “upload” on social media appears to have played a key role. So far, it remains unclear how he got into the hands of the police.
The video shows all the preparatory actions taken until they leave the stands and go outside to clash with the police.
There were also a number of declassifications. Who called whom in the critical hours following the injury of the 31-year-old policeman.
In addition, the evidence collected from the scene of the incidents also played a key role, there was their comparison with the 400 people who were brought immediately after the incidents.
The cases with which the persons involved are connected
In the report of the SKAI news bulletin, the cases with which the involved persons are connected were also mentioned.
Analytically:
- December 2023 Panthessaliko: Episodes in Volos-Olympiakos
- March 2019 Ilion: Knife wounding of a female Panathinaikos fan
- April 2019 Tragana Tolls: Knife attack on AEK fans
- December 2021 Karaiskakis Stadium: Episodes with MAT
- December 2022 New Faliro: Incidents and car fires
- December 2022 Zosimades: Episodes at PAS Ioannina -Olympiakos
- April 2023 Karaiskakis Stadium: Attack on the bus carrying the AEK delegation
- July 2023 Marathon Avenue: Panathinaikos fan stabbed with knife
- April 2024 Karaiskakis Stadium: Incidents between Olympiakos fans
Tags: Lyggeridis murder moral perpetrators cases persons involved connected vid
-
){kind=link}