More than 100 police officers had to process the 8.5 GB of 25-minute video footage of Rentis’ case in order to place each of the perpetrators of the attack on the police on the fateful night of December 7, 2023, when he was murdered. the policeman, Giorgos Lyggeridis.
The exit of the hooligans from the indoor volleyball court, “Melina Merkouri”, is recorded during the 1st set, when the score was 18-12. The 27-year-old trapper manager is seen chatting with the 40-year-old captain of gate 7 the so-called “short” inside the parquet. He types something on his cell phone and leaves the field. According to 11 “short” accounts and trapper managers, they distribute naval flares and molotov cocktails from a sack. “Get out of here everyone” “come out everyone” they shouted. As they were told before the attack against the MAT platoon, they will be the “forwards”, to follow them and when the “short” throws the first molotov to start a mass attack.
The manager trapper was holding a flare pen, a naval flare and a molotov cocktail, one of which he gave to the 18-year-old cop killer. An intermediary link between the “army of the small” and the “leaders”, was a 22-year-old who carries the slogan for the attacks. He wears a hood and comes out with molotov cocktails in his hands. According to the protected witness “67E” is the one who was earlier making Molotov cocktails on the stadium stairs.
A 23-year-old defendant signals with his left hand for the others to follow him. This 23-year-old man was arrested in February 2022 accused of breaking into a store in Kifissia with loot of 160,000 euros and 500 golden pounds.
In another picture it seemsthe 16-year-old brother of the 18-year-old who has confessed to throwing the fatal naval flare at George Lyggeridis, who donned a hoodie and walked off the field. The 18-year-old convicted felon is seen in another snapshot, while after the attacks according to his brother’s testimony he looks worried.
According to the statements of 4 arrestees and two more of the protected witnesses, 67F and 67E actively participated in the incidents.
