Cleanup with asterisks for the Lyggeridis murder

25 leaders of “Gate 7” of Olympiakos are accused of forming a “criminal organization” after a public prosecutor’s investigation of the consolidation of cases of criminal violence according to the legal model of “Golden Dawn”. The EL.AS-Judges-Stou Renti investigation will reach high at the time of the arraignments yesterday, Mr. Mitsotakis

Since yesterday morning, the Greek Police has engaged in a major operation to suppress violence in sports venues and to arrest those involved in the case of the murder of Chief Constable Giorgos Lyggeridis, who, as is known, succumbed after receiving a naval flare in the leg during the events in Renti area. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was in this area yesterday, at the time when the arrests of those involved were in progress. Should we consider it semiotic? This will be judged by the further moves of the process and mainly by how far the police authorities will go when trying to investigate the case. Will it be an operation that will lead to a real cleansing of the moral perpetrators who ordered the attack on Lyggerides or will we end up with a sham situation? A purge with asterisks?

In the first phase, however, after four months of investigations coordinated by the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court Mrs. Georgia Adelinis, a case file has been filed against 164 people, of which 64 had been arrested until yesterday afternoon. The operation began following a public prosecutor’s investigation of the consolidation of cases of domestic violence, according to the model of the legal approach to the case against “Golden Dawn”. In the same way, in fact, associations of fans who participate in well-known Thyres are characterized as criminal organizations. In this regard, we note the statement of the head of the Hellenic Police, that “there was evidence of a criminal organization, consisting of 158 members, which, at least since 2019, were committing criminal and misdemeanor crimes and were operating mainly in Attiki, Volos and Ioan.” nina”.

For the persecuted, it has been ordered to lift the secrecy of their communications as well as the banking secrecy, while at the same time searches are carried out in the houses and cars of those involved, from which evidence is collected (weapons, bats, and other digital evidence) that will be evaluated and used against the further investigation carried out by the Vice-Directorate for Combating Violence in Sports Venues.

The 20-25 of those arrested are the “hard core” of the gang. They had accreditations by virtue of which they moved freely in the Karaiskaki stadium. Two of them were actually the ones who arranged everything at the stadiums. They mobilized the fans, distributed the tickets and organized the strike teams. It is considered certain that all of them will be remanded in custody. For another 40 elements have emerged that place them in a circle around the main core. In other words, they are the ones who took supporting actions. The exact role of the others will be determined by the investigation.

Particular importance is attached to the fact that one of the considered moral perpetrators of the murder of Giorgos Lyggeridis was arrested while trying to escape to Albania. The fact that this person moved at the last moment shows that he probably did not think he was in danger of being arrested. Did he believe that he was protected by some centers? Be that as it may, the first testimony he gave strengthens the case file that the Police had prepared.

The question is whether there are any elements that connect the arrested with higher echelons of Football Anonymous Companies. For the time being, a silent fish is kept on him. All the competent political or official actors who have been asked give standard answers that this will be shown in the interrogation. An answer that raises questions as to whether the cleansing will be complete or, as we mentioned above, there will be asterisks.

For our part, we hope that the case will be fully clarified. And in order to render justice for the wronged policeman and to sanitize Greek sports. In this regard, we join our voice with that of the father of Giorgos Lyggeridis, who shed tears asking “that the memory of his child be vindicated”.