In critical condition, the 16-year-old Roma boy who was shot by a police officer during a chase is still hospitalized in the ICU of the Hippocratic Hospital of Thessaloniki, in the area of Diavata, at a time when the wave of anger is intense in many cities of the country.
The young Roma man underwent a forensic examination in the past 24 hours, following a prosecutor's order as part of the investigation conducted by the Department of Crimes against Life of the Thessaloniki Security Department.
What the forensic examination
According to the forensic findings, the 16-year-old has severe craniocerebral injuries, as a consequence of the wound caused by the bullet he received from the service weapon of the accused policeman of the MI team./p]
According to the same findings, only a portal of entry of the bullet was found, for which he underwent removal surgery and has since been hospitalized intubated in the ICU.
What is happening with the medical statement
However, one of the questions that remain unanswered regarding the assault of the 16-year-old Roma by a DIAS policeman on the 16-year-old Roma is why no medical statement has been issued by the hospital "Hippokratio".
According to the statement issued and communicated to the Minister of Health, Thanasis Plevris, and the Minister of Citizen Protection, Takis Theodoricakos, the Federation of Hospital Doctors' Associations of Greece (OENGE), "the issuance of a medical statement in each case is the responsibility of the respective hospital administrator. The doctors' responsibility is to inform the patient's relatives."
The doctors of the NHS characterize "unacceptable the attitude of the governor of the "Hippocrates" Hospital of Thessaloniki not to issue a communiqué on the condition of the 16-year-old victim of murderous police violence, if he has the relevant permission from the patient's relatives."
Kougias: How he attempted to justify the police officer who shot the 16-year-old
Meanwhile, Alexis Kougias spoke about his choice to take on the defense of the police officer who shot the 16-year-old Roma boy, Kostas Fragoulis, in Thessaloniki.
The well-known lawyer, speaking to ANT1, initially said that "taking on the defense responsibility in such a case is a very difficult task." "To take on the policeman, I saw the personality of the policeman," he added.
"My client is accused of the most serious offence under the Criminal Code, that of attempting to take human life, which under the old Criminal Code was punishable by at least 10 years in prison. Under the new Penal Code, my client faces from one year's imprisonment to 15 years' imprisonment," the lawyer said.
"It is very different to be a child who walks down the street and goes home and is shot by a ruthless policeman and told to stop and he doesn't stop and it is completely different to be a 16-year-old child who has previously gone to a petrol station, is filled with petrol by a poor man who works all night for 20 euros and he mocks him in a cheeky way, he leaves, the 20 euros will probably be paid by the poor man. Police officers are there to enforce the law. So when someone steals in this way, they have an obligation to arrest him," Alexis Kougias said.
Asked why the police officer shot, Alexis Kougias claimed: "With the engine at 140-150 kilometers, my client, who was a passenger, was trying to immobilize the car. That's where the mistake was made."
He then wondered: "If this man, he went to steal the gasoline and was going to commit a robbery, he was a dangerous criminal, shouldn't they have prevented this act?"
Source: in.gr
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