Reporting: Makis Synodinos

In the arrest of a 17-year-old the authorities proceeded today, Tuesday, regarding the deadly pursuit in Aspropyrgos that resulted in the fatal injury of one police officer and the injury of another.

The 17-year-old was located and arrested in Perama in the early afternoon by the police officers of the Piraeus Security Sub-Directorate. He is one of the two identified accomplices-members of the criminal organization

Earlier, a case file was filed by the Piraeus Security sub-directorate, for criminal organization (gang), aggravated theft, recklessness and dangerous driving which caused the fatal injury of a police officer and the injury of three more.

It is reminded that the police have already proceeded to arrest a 20-year-old, a member of a criminal organization, who together with his accomplices committed successive vehicle thefts in Perama and Nikaia Attica – to escape arrest he developed excessive speed and performed dangerous maneuvers. As a result, there were police officers from the DI.AS Team. collide with a patrol car, resulting in fatal injury to the driver, serious injury to the passenger and minor injury to the crew of the patrol car.

The 20-year-old was arrested yesterday, December 18, 2023, in the morning, while the case file also includes three of his accomplices, two of whom have been identified.

At the same time, a new video was released just a few minutes after the pursuit and fatal injury of the 29-year-old DIAS police officer.

@loukasgitsis #traffic #policeman #dead ♬ Very Sad – Enchan