A lawsuit was filed at the expense of 13 people for offenses during a football match that took place in January 2023 at the “Kleanthis Vikelidis” stadium in the Charilaou area.

Specifically, after an investigation by police officers of the Sub-Directorate for Combating Violence in Sports Venues of the Thessaloniki Security Directorate, the details of thirteen people were identified, aged 19 to 36, as they possessed and activated pyrotechnic structures (naval torches). Four men out of the thirteen even entered the playing field after the end of the match.

The case file will be submitted to the competent judicial authorities.

The Police announcement:

Police officers of the Directorate for Combating Violence in Sports Venues of the Thessaloniki Security Directorate, after a thorough investigation, filed a case file against a total of thirteen (13) people for offenses that took place on the occasion of a sports event.

Specifically, the details of thirteen (13) citizens aged 19 to 36 were identified, as it emerged from the police investigation that in January 2023, during a football match at a stadium in the Harilaou area, they possessed and activated, as the case may be, pyrotechnic constructions (sailors torches), while four (4) of them entered the playing field after the end of the match.

The relevant case file will be submitted to the competent judicial authorities.