The investigations of the authorities continue at a rapid pace, in order to identify the perpetrators of the cold-blooded execution of businessman Yannis Skaftouros in his home in Dervenochoria, Boeotia.
The motorcycle found abandoned off the road at the intersection of Hasia and Stefanis is expected to be a guide in the investigations, as well as the testimony of the man who was riding a farm vehicle and was threatened by the executioners to abandon it so that they could take it and manage to escape from the spot.
With these two clues, authorities are attempting to solve the riddle of the murder of Yannis Skaftouros.
The perpetrators' mistake that could cost them
According to the authorities, the perpetrators of the murder of the 55-year-old businessman made a very big mistake, which may lead the authorities to their traces and consequently to the traces of the perpetrators, i.e. those who ordered the murder.
The mistake is that they abandoned the motorcycle, which they probably lost control of and went off the road.
The authorities are now focused on putting together the puzzle of the case, in order to "decode" the motive of those who ordered the killers to "erase" Yannis Skaftouros.
"Neither the day nor the place was accidental"
"Neither the day nor the place for the murder is accidental" says retired brigadier general of the Greek Police, Thanasis Katerinopoulos.
"It is no coincidence that it happened in his village, the escape is very easy from these people, there are many escape corridors and they do not take risks," said Mr. Katerinopoulos speaking on Star's main newscast.
According to him, the shooters are not random: "They knew how to handle guns. They probably didn't even care whether others would be killed. It was a contract of death."
Katerinopoulos said that Yannis Skaftouros was a mafia executive, had the attack against him in the past and was certainly taking measures.
From inside the prison the order to kill?
As for who ordered the contract of death, Katerinopoulos said: "One version is that it was given from inside the prison, by a rival group that wants to dominate the area where he was also active. The other version is that it was given by his own group. It has been observed in the past that some people are in a hurry to take over the reins of the group and want to take over the group themselves or create new ones."
As he assessed, if the perpetrators are from another group, his murder "could also be a message to other people."
The chronicle of the murder - At least 4 perpetrators[/B]
The moments of relaxation at his father's house, with his family for the holidays, seem to have been taken advantage of by at least four perpetrators of the cold-blooded murder of 55-year-old Yannis Skaftouros.
The killers, who as the modus operandi shows were paid and executing a contract of death, put their plan into action in broad daylight in Skourta, Boeotia.
There were at least four people who stopped two motorcycles a few meters from the house, where about 10 people were having fun.
Three of the thugs jumped off the wall into the yard of the house and from a close distance started stabbing the 55-year-old man with a Kalashnikov. His death was instantaneous. His 22-year-old daughter and his 45-year-old partner were slightly wounded by the gunfire.
The perpetrators fired at least 15 times. Shells from a 9mm pistol were also found at the scene.
Who was the victim[BR][/B] Yannis Skaftouros, known by the nickname "Uncle Joe" was considered by the authorities to be a heavy name in the nightlife world and a close associate of a godfather who has been murdered. In 2018, he had been the victim of an attack inside Korydallos prison by prisoners, members of the Albanian mafia, who had wounded him with a knife.
He had been released in 2019 after his life sentence had been broken, as he had been convicted in the appellate court only for participation in a criminal organization (for the case of the kidnapping of shipowner Pericles Panagopoulos and had been acquitted for a manslaughter case.
The sentence handed down to him was 6 years in prison. In February 2021, Yannis Skaftouros was arrested during a random check by police officers in Glyfada. A pistol, bullets, a knife and a radio were found in his possession.
Source: in.gr
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