Four young men, his followers Marswere identified by the police officers of the Directorate for Combating Violence in Sports Venues for the shocking attack with axmetal and wooden objects last October, outside a bar, in the center of Thessaloniki, with a 36-year-old and a 27-year-old victim.

As announced by the Greek police., the police investigation led to the traces of two 22-year-olds and two 23-year-olds, against whom a case was filed for dangerous bodily harm jointly, violent offenses in connection with sporting events, damage to foreign property jointly, violation of the Arms Act and violation of the legislation that refers to flares and fireworks.

The episode happened in the early hours of October 29, when according to the Police, a team hooded – and among them the four accused, attacked with metal and wooden objects against the two victims who were reportedly there as patrons of the shop.

From testimonies and statements, it emerged that the motivations of the perpetrators were fan-based, so the investigations were taken over by the Sports Violence Counter-Directorate of Thessaloniki, which continues the preliminary investigation to identify the remaining perpetrators.

According to the announcement of the Greek Police:

“The ongoing investigation by police officers of the Directorate for Combating Violence in Sports Venues of the Security Directorate of Thessaloniki, in the context of investigating an attack with a sports background, against two citizens, which took place at the end of October 2023, in the city center area, led to the identification of the elements of four (4 ) of people involved.

It’s about nationals men, with two of them being 22 years and the rest 23 year oldsagainst whom a case file was filed for dangerous bodily harm jointly, violent offenses on the occasion of sporting events, damage to foreign property jointly, violation of the law on weapons and violation of the legislation regarding flares and fireworks.

Regarding the incident, in the early hours of 29-10-2023, a group of people with their faces covered, including the aforementioned youths, having fan motives and holding metal and wooden objects, attacked two men aged 36 and 27 . The injury of the last two was reported, as well as damage to the equipment of a health store.

The relevant case file will be submitted to the competent Prosecutor, while investigations continue to identify the remaining perpetrators.”

With information from APE-BE, THESTIVAL