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The moments of the brutal murder of 19-year-old Alkis Kabanos on February 1, in the Harilaou area of Thessaloniki are expected to be re-enacted today. At the request of the investigating authorities, the two friends of the unfortunate Alkis, one of whom was wounded during the raid by 12 hooligans, are asked to identify the faces of the perpetrators of the murder of the unfortunate student, but also to identify the roles that each had in the fatal night for the 19-year-old Alkis, in Theodoros Gazi Street.
Faces and roles
In the proceedings, which will take place in a special room at the Thessaloniki Police Hall, one by one Alkis' friends will see the defendants come before them, along with the memories of the murderous attack they received, for no reason. The question for the authorities - through the identification process - is to record the chronological sequence of the perpetrators' actions, i.e. the series of attacks that Alkis and his friends received, as well as the killing tools that each of the hooligans used in the tragic incident. Moreover, the comparison of the victims themselves with all the alleged perpetrators deconstructs the 'line of ignorance' that most of the defendants invoked during their apologies in order to deflect responsibility.
"I did not get out"
Indicative of this is the fact that the 12th defendant, the driver of the third car, a VW Polo, moved in the same direction yesterday during his hour-long apology to the investigating authorities, stating, reportedly, that he did not have the slightest involvement in the murder of Alkis Kabanos, as he did not get out of his car at all. The driver of the third car, known as "Dinos", also reportedly admitted that three of the perpetrators were in his vehicle and that he himself knew only one passenger in the car, namely the 25-year-old man in the group (the "Athenian") who was holding the carbine knife, denying any further involvement in the bloody attack.
"I stayed in the car, I didn't get out. I only know the 25-year-old, the other two got into the car without me knowing them. I didn't know if they had anything on their hands," the 22-year-old, who was also remanded in custody, reportedly said in his plea. For the other two, including the 21-year-old, allegedly the person with the scythe, he said that he did not know them and that they were in the vehicle by chance.
The driver of the third car also claimed ignorance when asked about the weapons his co-defendants were carrying, as he allegedly replied that he did not realize if they had anything in their hands, nor that he knew beforehand about the impending attack. Unlike the other 11 defendants, the 22-year-old surrendered himself to the prosecution authorities 14 days after the murder of Alkis Kabanos, and stated that he was not an organised fan, as well as that he had never participated in fan incidents before.
Apart from the 12th and last defendant in the case, the two friends of the murdered Alkis testified yesterday in complete secrecy at the 7th Tactical Interrogation Chamber of Thessaloniki, in order to recall all the scenes of the murderous attack they were subjected to.
However, the trial of the 22-year-old driver of the third car was finally postponed yesterday at the Thessaloniki Single Judge Plenary Court, as during the police check following his surrender, it was found that there was a pocket knife in his car, resulting in a criminal prosecution for violation of the law on weapons. A new trial date for the 22-year-old is expected to be set for next week, alongside the other serious charges he faces, namely manslaughter with malice aforethought, attempted manslaughter, assault with objects and other offences.
Genetic traces
Apart from the face-to-face confrontation of Alkis' two friends with the 12 accused (with due precautions for the two victims), further impetus to the investigation is said to be given by DNA findings, as Alkis' genetic trace was found on the scythe blade. In addition, genetic material belonging to one of Alkis' two friends was found on the scythe's handle duct tape, at a time when the 21-year-old defendant has admitted to carrying the weapon, claiming, however, that he used it against someone else and not Alkis. In addition to the scythe, genetic traces were also found on the shaft, as well as a fingerprint of the 23-year-old defendant, while answers are expected from a similar search of the carbine knife.
The carabid knife, with which it is suspected that Alkis Kambanos was mortally wounded, was finally found along with a helmet and crowbars in the cemetery area of Thermi and has already been sent to the forensic laboratories of Northern Greece, in order to reliably answer whether it is indeed the weapon, which caused fatal injuries to 19-year-old Alkis. The point, where the specific knife was found, had indicated, during his apology to the 7th regular interrogator, 21 year old Yannis Koumaropoulos, who claimed that with this knife the 25 year old "Athenian" wounded Alkis.
In total, both the murder weapons and the objects found by the EL.AS. at the crime scene have been subjected to DNA testing, in order to match as many users as possible with the murder tools. It is recalled, moreover, that an order for "the absolute priority conduct of the related main interrogation already conducted" gave to the 7th Ordinary Investigator of Thessaloniki the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Vassilis Pliotas, noting that "we took into account the extreme seriousness of the criminal case of joint homicide, completed and attempted, serial and other criminal acts, a case dominated by the tragic consequence of the painful death of 19-year-old student Alkiviades Kabanos, against whom criminal aggressive behavior, integrated in an extreme exacerbation of the so-called cruel and "fan" violence, criminal aggressive behavior, shakes society.
Source: Proto Thema
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