The developments in the case of the brutal murder of the unfortunate 19-year-old Alkis Kampanos in Thessaloniki are cataclysmic.
The 23-year-old, who has been detained since last Wednesday, was sentenced to pre-trial detention, while the prosecutor filed heavy criminal charges against the other 8 arrested for the crime of murder with joint deceit and attempted murder together and in series.
Both when they arrived and when they left the courts, they were strongly condemned by citizens.
Wearing hoods and masks and with their heads bowed, the 8 accused of Alkis’s murder were handcuffed and taken to the prosecutor. At their sight, citizens present at the scene could not contain their anger.
The accused were given a deadline to apologize on Wednesday, while a little while earlier, the young man who had been arrested first for the murder of Alkis Kampanos had passed the threshold of the investigator.
The 23-year-old after 5, 5 hours of apology was sentenced to temporary detention and took the road to prison.
He denies the main charge of murder and attempted murder, he was at the scene but had no involvement in the ensuing clash.
“I was present, the driver of one of the cars, but I had no active involvement in the death of one and the injury of the other two. We did not intend to kill anyone, but we wanted to intimidate Mars fans. I regretted what happened, I learned about the death of 19 year old Alkis from the news bulletins. I named the others. “I did not try to escape, the police found me at my house,” he said.
19-year-old Alkis died from a combination of injuries – They knew what those who hit him did, the medical examiner tells SKAI
The Medical Examiner and Director of the Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Laboratory of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Lida-Kalliopi Kovatsi, spoke to SKAI about the forensic examination performed on 19-year-old Alkis.
Regarding the cause of death of the 19-year-old, Ms. Kovatsi said that “the child died from the combination of injuries caused to him in the lower extremities, together with the craniocerebral injuries he suffered. It was the combination of these two that brought about the final result. In no case are we talking about a trauma. “We are talking about many different blows.” As he said, there was no room for his rescue, as he ended up very soon while he spoke about targeted blows from people who knew they would achieve the desired result as he explained “it is not easy to kill a young man, with a height of 1.90 , you need to know what you are doing.
At the same time, the examination revealed many defensive injuries. “The child resisted, tried to defend himself. “He was trying to protect vulnerable parts of the body, such as the head.” noted the same characteristics.
They “show” a 21-year-old as the perpetrator of the murder
The seven of the accused showed as a perpetrator of the murder a 21-year-old unidentified hooligan who has not bothered the authorities in the past. As they said, he was the one who fatally injured the unfortunate Alkis with the scythe.
“The tragic and yet expected thing is that these are young people. It is a herd, a gang of hooligans, who with this unbelievable, inhuman, savage way, took the life of a peer “, said the Minister of Civil Protection, Takis Theodorikakos.
As part of the operation of the Hellenic Police, 11 searches were carried out in houses, 6 arrests were made of friends involved in the houses, while drugs were found in the possession of 2 of them.
EL.AS officers referring to the eleven accused in the murder of Alkis, they speak of a basic group of percussion of a ruthless gang that went on a safari in search of victims-rivals.
The evidence that betrayed the hooligans
According to a SKAI report, one of the elements that betrayed the perpetrators was the imprint of the 21-year-old on the scythe of the murder. This is the driver of the second vehicle out of the three used by the perpetrators, who is a former football player of the children’s football department of PAOK. At the same time, genetic material of the 23-year-old was found in the crib while DNA of the perpetrators was found on the clothes of the victims – Alkis and his friends -.
The 21-year-old perpetrator – What do we know about him?
One of those arrested was attacked by fans. According to information, the 21-year-old perpetrator in January 2021 was hospitalized after being attacked by fans with 2 knives in each leg, while he was in danger of losing his eye from the repeated blows. He himself covered up the attack by declaring an attempted robbery.
The timeline of the attack
Charilaou’s murder was allegedly committed by 11 members of 3 associations. The decision to attack seems to have been made after the end of a volleyball match that everyone watched together. They then went to the liaison to get “weapons” and returned to it after the attack.
They recorded their route on video while the 23-year-old’s calls to all the accomplices for information about the fate of their victims were continuous. After that, the perpetrators hid in the houses of friends and relatives.
The wanted are in the crosshairs
At the same time, the process of issuing an international arrest warrant for the 20-year-old who escaped to Albania is underway and his presence at the scene of the murder has been identified through video material. At the same time, they are looking for another person who is said to have contacts with a fan association in Athens.
Security men searched 4 fans in Attica without finding any incriminating findings.
“We want cleansing”: The shocking message of Alkis’s parents
The parents of the unfortunate Alkis, speak for the first time after the loss of their child in public and are shocked. Their pain is indescribable, but so is the greatness of their soul.
Holding each other’s hand, Alkis Kampanos’s parents, a few days after the cold-blooded murder of their son, are shocked by the greatness of their souls.
“What do we want? Purification. Purification and not us, the Greek society. If it wants to continue in this way, let it continue. But if it wants purification, they must do something.” emphasizes his father.
They have not felt love
Disintegrated by the loss of their child, they send a message in favor of love and unity.
“Surely there will be hotheads, to call them subhumans? To call them subhumans who will not understand. They will not understand why they have wrong experiential situations. They have not felt love. With them society wants to keep them inside or should to eliminate them in some way? “he wonders.
“Do not let such a thing happen again. This is what we ask from the first day. I did not speak selfishly either, that is, shut them in, catch them, put them in, I did not blame anyone. child “says his mother.
I will live with the pain until I die
The pain is severe. Their lives collapsed overnight.
“For us, whatever was to happen, happened. I will live in my pain until I die,” says the father, adding that his wife’s touch now gives him the courage to cross this difficult path.
Put the wave of support into action
With all their courage left, they address the world, which with a huge wave of support has stood all these days.
“Let this wave of support become an action. Not just a simple feeling, let actions take place” concludes Alkis’s father.
Evidence under investigation shows that the accused in the murder of Alkis acted as a criminal organization
At the same time, evidence to substantiate the charge of forming a criminal organization by the assailants and killed 19-year-old Alkis according to Katehaki’s sources.
According to the same information, evidence is being considered that the nine arrested and the two for whom arrest warrants are pending were a hooligan assault battalion that acted systematically and organized for a long time.
As for the attitude of the arrested, in their testimonies they show as a perpetrator of the murder a 21-year-old Greek, and not a 23-year-old Albanian.
However, the forensic examination shows that the unfortunate young man received multiple and potentially fatal blows, not only from the scythe, but also from a knife, iron rafters and sticks.
A little earlier, the government through the government spokesman, Giannis Oikonomou, announced that a bill is comingwhich promotes:
1. even greater tightening of the institutional framework of operation of the fan clubs and their branches, but also of the role and the real responsibilities of the PAEs in this function
2. necessary adaptations of the penal code
3. intensification of controls by the Police.
Mr. Economou also announced in advance that there will be changes in the operation of the EPO
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