Giorgos Lyggeridis: One more person was arrested – He is one of the 7 people of the leader “pyramid” of the hooligans
He was arrested from ELAS on the morning of Maundy Thursday one more person involved in the case of the criminal organization and the murder of the police officer Giorgos Lyggeridis.
According to information, an arrest warrant had been issued for this person as part of the ongoing investigations into the case and he is one of the 7 people in the leadership “pyramid” of the hooligans.
Lyggeridis murder: 18 have been remanded in custody
For the case, a total of 18 defendants out of the 63 who were brought to court have been remanded in custody and the rest have been released with restrictive conditions while the interrogation continues since in the case file reference to the involvement of a total of 160 personswith the information stating that other people are also wanted.
The action of “Konto”
In the past few days, another person accused of a leading role in the criminal organization of fans, who is also facing the charge of moral complicity in the murder of Giorgos Lyggeridis, was sentenced to pre-trial detention.
The executive, who along with four others are considered to be directors of the criminal organization and those who led to the murder of the police officer, is said to be the one who gave the… signal for the start of the incidents outside the “Melina Merkouri” stadium. It is about the defendant who, according to the authorities, had the nickname “short” who, on the afternoon of the fatal match in Rentis, was inside the stadium together with the manager of the trap music artist who was already in custody.
In fact, it is stated in the case file that the so-called “short”, as soon as he arrived at the stadium, “amended the plan of attack” which initially envisaged the start of the episodes after the end of the match. According to the case file, by the defendant’s decision, the episodes started after the end of the first set. “The “short one” wearing a hat, being in the playing area of the stadium, spoke to the manager, who was in the stand of the organized fans of Olympiakos, near the side door, wearing a black sleeveless jacket and a dark colored blouse. Afterwards, both of them left the field, they were waiting outside the field for the members of the criminal organization and when they left, they distributed the weapons and instructed them to follow them and when they launch the objects they were holding, that is, the “short” the improvised explosive device mechanism and the manager the naval flare, to throw in turn the objects each had in their possession towards the police forces”.
