Greek prosecutors on Saturday charged 40 folks in reference to the deadly stabbing of a soccer supporter in Athens earlier than a Champions League recreation, officers mentioned.
All 40 have been remanded in custody, taking the quantity charged up to now to 70.
These new indictments are along with the 30 made on Friday, the primary day of the investigation into violent clashes which erupted Monday between hardline supporters of Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia and AEK Athens within the Greek capital.
A 29-year-old man, Michalis Katsouris, died after being stabbed within the brawl.
Following his demise, UEFA postponed Tuesday’s third-round qualifier between the 2 sides till Aug. 19.
Police made round 100 arrests – most mentioned to be linked to Dinamo’s extremist ‘Bad Blue Boys’ supporters, a police supply mentioned.
Of the 30 charged on Friday, a dozen – 10 Croatians, an Albanian and a Greek – have been remanded in custody, Greek news company ANA reported.
On Tuesday, the Greek minister for citizen safety, Yannis Oikonomou, suspended seven law enforcement officials, saying they’d failed to make sure satisfactory safety measures to forestall the brawl.
The demise of Katsouris brought about shock in a rustic that has seen a number of incidents of violence erupting at soccer matches.
Last yr, teenager Alkis Kampanos was fatally stabbed in a battle within the northern metropolis of Thessaloniki between supporters of town’s rival golf equipment, Aris Thessaloniki and PAOK.
The authorities subsequently elevated the utmost sentence for fan violence from six months to 5 years.
Last month, seven defendants have been discovered responsible of Kampanos’s homicide and handed life phrases. Five others have been jailed for complicity.
Police in the meantime have beefed up border safety within the wake of this week’s killing.
Supporters of AEK and Dinamo have been banned from travelling overseas for the golf equipment’ two forthcoming encounters – the qualifier in Athens on Aug. 19, and the second leg in Zagreb subsequent Tuesday.
On Thursday, seven Romanian followers have been arrested on the border between Greece and Bulgaria in possession of two knives.
They got one-year suspended jail phrases Friday and every fined 1,000 euros ($1,095), a police supply reported.
According to police, the supporters have been on their strategy to Thursday’s Europa League qualifier between Olympiakos and Belgian facet Genk.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
