In the chronicle of the murder of a 35-year-old man from a fellow prisoner in Korydallos prisons, the Ministry of Citizen Protection reports in its announcement.

On Wednesday at the Korydallos Penitentiary, in a common area of ​​the 4th Wing, prisoners quarreled, which resulted in the fatal injury of the 35-year-old foreign prisoner and the minor injury of another foreign prisoner.

A preliminary investigation into the case was conducted by the Attica Security Directorate, whose police officers went to the Korydallos Penitentiary. From the use of evidence in the context of the preliminary investigation, it emerged that he was the perpetrator of the attack he is a 42-year-old foreign detainee. The 42-year-old confessed to the crime.

As it emerged from the investigation, the defendant attacked his fellow prisoners with a makeshift knife, after a disagreement between them. For the case, the improvised knife and the clothes and shoes worn by the defendant during the altercation were confiscated.

The 42-year-old man, with the case filed against him for manslaughter and attempted serial murder, and violation of weapons legislation, was taken to the competent prosecutor’s office.

The slightly injured man was taken to a hospital, where he was given first aid, and then to the Special Health Center for Prisoners in Korydallos, where his condition is being monitored.

The General Secretariat of Anti-Criminal Policy from the first moment is in cooperation with all the agencies involved, in order to follow the prescribed disciplinary and criminal procedure, and to ensure the smooth operation of the Korydallos Penitentiary.

The Ministry notes, however, that the incident is isolated, as the appropriate and necessary measures are taken in the country’s penitentiaries, with frequent checks, to ensure the safety of both the prison officers and the prisoners as well as the entire society.