The parents of the 19-year-old student who died are visibly touched Alki Campanu they were in the morning at the site where their son was killed in a blind attack by fans on February 1, 2022. Their presence in the Harilaou area took place on the occasion of the official ceremony of renaming the street from Theodorou Gazi to Alki Campana, by the Municipal Authority of Thessaloniki Municipality.

“Let Alka’s sacrifice be a new beginning for our sport, with less violence and almost no casualties,” the 19-year-old’s father, Aristides Campanos, said after the opening ceremony, which was held in an emotionally charged atmosphere.

According to Mr. Campanos, this is the second time in 15 days he and his wife Melina have been at the scene of the murder of their child. “You understand my emotions, it is very difficult. However, the love of the whole world gives me the courage to overcome it as much as I can. Thank you all,” he said.

The ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister of the Interior in charge of Macedonian and Thrace Affairs, Stavros Kalafatis, Mayor of Thessaloniki, Konstantinos Zervas, Deputy Regional Governor for Development and Environment of Central Macedonia, Kostas Yutikas, President of the Municipal Council of Thessaloniki, Petros Lekakis and President of LET . Aris, Lefteris Arvanitis.

K. Zervas said after the opening of the street: “We are in a place that Alkis loved and visited until that fateful night. Alkis died tragically and cruelly, but it is our duty to keep his presence alive. And this is the goal of the decision of the Municipal Council of the Municipality of Thessaloniki: for Alkis to be among us and for this place to forever remind of the existence of this child and his unjust loss. And let’s all work together to ensure that we never live again, that we don’t have such tragedies and such crimes.”

Deputy Minister St. Kalafatis added that it is the duty of the state to preserve the memory of the 19-year-old youth. “This is being done with today’s nomenclature. Let us each, in our own way, contribute to an effort that must be continuous and continuous so that nothing like this ever happens. Alkis will remain in our hearts forever.”

On the steps where Alkis sat with his friends and received fatal blows from 12 PAOK fans, the mother of 19-year-old boy Melina and their close relatives, who left several flowers at the scene, stood silently and moved.

The next step is to erect a monument at the scene of the murder.

The next step will be to erect a monument at the site of the student’s murder, as its installation has been approved by the Department of Architecture of the Municipality of Thessaloniki.

A petition to rename the street and install a monument was filed by A.S. Aris in the municipality of Thessaloniki a few hours after the murder of a 19-year-old.

The president of the yellow-black club, L. Arvanitis, spoke about a very emotional moment and thanked the region of Central Macedonia and the municipality of Thessaloniki for accepting the club’s request. “The goal,” he emphasized, “was and always will be to preserve the memory of Alki, so cowardly killed at this moment, so that the light of his soul can drive away the darkness that has spread in the city.”

Source: RES