Public Order and Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos announced the arrest of a suspect for the stabbing murder of the 19-year-old soccer fan by a supporter of a rival team in Thessaloniki. The suspect was brought in to the city’s police headquarters for questioning on Tuesday night and is to appear before a public prosecutor on Thursday.
“I contacted Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to inform him that a short while ago, the alleged perpetrator of the murder of 19-year-old Alkis in Thessaloniki was arrested. The Hellenic Police in this instance are doing their duty,” Theodorikakos said on social media.
“I want to express with all my heart, my deepest condolences to the family of Alkis Kambanos, whose life was so unfairly and prematurely cut short. I know this will not alleviate the pain of his loved ones. At least, justice will be served,”
The Greek Prime Minister had personally committed to follow up the shocking incident of sports-related violence.
Police sources said the suspect was a 23-year-old man of Albanian descent, who owns one of the two cars in which the perpetrators of the attack were in, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) reported.
His role in the incident has not yet been fully clarified but sources said that he has been placed at the scene.
According to witness accounts, the victim and four other young men, two of which were injured, were brutally attacked by a group of rival football team supporters riding in two cars in the early hours of Tuesday morning, for no other reason than that they supported a different team
According to an Open TV report, the alleged perpetrator denies everything, is particularly “tough” and does not give any information to the police. The man is known to police, as he has been involved in fan violence, knife attacks and hooliganism in the past.
“I do not understand why you have me here, I do not understand what incident you are talking about,” he said.
