The 18-year-old fan who allegedly launched the naval flare that hit the 31-year-old policeman was remanded in custody during the episodes outside the enclosure “Melina Merkouri” in Rentis.

The 18-year-old is accused of moral turpitude, attempted murder, possession of explosives and incendiary materials, for an explosion that may result in danger to a person, disturbance of domestic peace and possession of flares, while all acts are with the aggravating circumstance provided for in the sports law.

According to reports, the 18-year-old asked the judicial authorities to join a witness protection programas his family, as his father and mother had stated, he has received threatening messages.

Earlier, according to information the 18-year-old allegedly claimed in his statement to the investigator that he had gone to the stadium with friends and his brother when at one point he saw a lot of people going out and out of curiosity he went out himself where he was approached by a person with full face hood and long beard and gave him a flare telling him to throw her away. He pointed out that this particular person showed him how it worked, but when he opened it he grabbed his hand and the flare went down to the ground, gelled in front of him and went in the officer’s direction. In fact, he said that at that time he also saw another flare heading towards the police forces.

THE 18 year old he also allegedly claims that he had never used such a flare before and his intention was not to throw it at the police officer.

It is noted that the arrested person is accused of moral turpitude, attempted murder, possession of explosive and incendiary materials, for an explosion that may result in danger to a person, disturbance of domestic peace and possession of flares, while all the acts are with the aggravating circumstance provided for in the sports law .

THE 31 years old police officer is hospitalized in a critical condition at the hospital in Nice and has undergone amputation of the left lower limb.