Lyggeridis murder: How the attack began and the dialogues that “burn” the hooligans

The officers dealing with violence in sports venues managed to fully map 60 hooligans who are alleged to be members of a criminal organization and participated in the murderous attack against Giorgos Lyggeridis, after using video material and declassifying communications.

It is characteristic that in the documents drawn up by the police, there is a complete record of the clothing and actions of the defendants, before the murderous attack on Rentis.

It is worth mentioning the fact that the moral perpetrators of the attack managed to escape from the scene before the police arrived, while the recorded conversations show the relaxed mood of the perpetrators, but also the agreements between them about what they will support when they are called to testify.

The Law and Order, presents some of what they argued. For the transfer of munitions from “G. Karaiskakis”, in Rentis closed, 4 cars were used, while there was also an escort of 15 motorcycles.

Initially, the attack against the police was planned for after the end of the volleyball match, OSPF-PAO, but “Iosif”, a person who is alleged to be one of the moral perpetrators of the Lyggeridis murder, decided that the attack should take place at the end of the 1st set.

The signal for the attack

When the hooligans left the field, they procured the munitions. The attack began when “Joseph” launched an improvised explosive device and M.X., a naval flare at the police. A massive and fierce attack against the MAT platoon followed.

MD and PM also had an important role in the implementation of the plan, as with the other two “leaders” they did a reconnaissance of the place where the policemen were before the attack.

P.M managed to escape before the mass arrests of the police, while D.M. was brought in and particles with the composition of naval flare materials and gunshot residue were found on his hands.

“Iosif”, as well as M.X, managed to escape from the scene. The same was done by another moral author, PK who drove away in a smart. The natural perpetrator of the Lyggeridis murder, NG, did not have time to leave and was brought before him. In addition to the deadly flare, he participated according to EL.AS. and in the manufacture of munitions of war.

The hooligans’ collusions and depositions

Some of the participants in the murderous attack realized in time that they had become the focus of the police investigation, after all, they had left a lot of evidence at the scene of the attack.

Apparently, they tried to justify their presence in Rentis, trying to find various excuses.

One of the people who participated in the attack, LK, after the end of the episodes, made sure to throw away part of his clothing in order to make it difficult for the authorities to identify him, in the toilets of the stadium.

During a telephone contact that another perpetrator in the attack had, with an unknown person, he mentions, “In L… they have been to his house three times. “Unknown Person”: The Cops? “K. A: Yes (unintelligible) he tells me friend he tells me they are looking for me they have gone three times they went he tells me one nine, one twelve and one… Where is he now (unintelligible). They’ve found gunpowder from L for sure or prints. In fact, after the attack on the police officers, K.A urged the others to “remain calm”.

Another perpetrator, immediately after the attack, contacts his father by phone trying to reassure him.

P.M.: “Yes, I went out there a bit, there’s no need to analyze them, they’re talking about it in the village, don’t you understand, dad? I haven’t hidden anything from you. I haven’t caught anything.”

D.A., another person who participated in the attack, during the telephone conversation with H.K., looks worried and tries to prepare the position he will take when called by EL.AS.

D.A: Eeeee they burned me but they burned me very well, so I believe, that is, it’s done…. they no longer exist for me but I give a I know a 30% what can I tell you. Even so, I didn’t come out, man, okay? In other words, no matter what they say to me, others took it from me, others took it from me, what should I do?

H.K.: Yes ok Ok.

DA: We were going out, they saw me, they took them from me, I’ll say I’ll accuse the westerners there to go and get fucked. (Laughs). AT, another person involved in the attack, days after it, is recorded talking to his father, who asks him what clothes he wants thrown away, possibly those he was wearing outside the closed Rentis.

AT: Come on, where are you?

Father: Me to P. where are you?

AT: Okay. Ride.

Father: Well done. Tell me something to tell P. What clothes do you want out of here?

AT: What?

Father: Well, we’ll see each other in person.

In another case, two of the defendants are talking on the phone in a casual tone, mentioning that they saw themselves on TV, with one of them jokingly saying, “get a sack”.

K.S.: Yes, and without bullshit, you should know that they showed photos from inside the Kartasis stadium.

AK: Really us or in general?

KS: Us but we look blurry but it looks like I’m wearing the bad boy jacket that we’re in the horseshoe.

AK: Are you serious now?

KS: (laughter) yes.

AK: Are you an idiot?

K.S. “SARRAS”: I swear to you that if you want, take him now to tell you.

AK: I’m sorry, he prepared a sack like that. “SARRAS”

KS: Silly, what are you talking about, brother, I have told the biggest lie, tell me that all this has been demolished now. Hey man, listen to K… we had an agreement because I said we weren’t together and I said we didn’t meet neither at the stadium nor at the transfer station and we only met on Saturday morning.

Many of the others involved claimed that their clothes, which were found by the police in bins and in the surrounding streets from Rentis, fell to them or that “I threw them away because I was afraid that they would think that I also participated along with those who made their incidents brats”.