With questions from defense lawyers to the witness of the police department for crimes against life Thessaloniki The trial of 12 accused of killing Alkis Campanos and injuring two of his friends will continue on March 2 after a brutal attack by fans they received in the early hours of February 1, 2022 in the Harilau region. .

Giving his testimony in the morning, a particular policeman referred to a chronicle of 12 arrests, to the first reactions and positions that the defendants conveyed to the policemen regarding the degree of their involvement in the murder episode, as well as to what had preceded the previous evening, when they began to drive up to the central association of PAOK fans, from where they moved in a motorcade of three cars to the crime scene.

He spoke of an “organized” attack that was the result of “retaliation” for an earlier incident with fans in the Oreokastro area, in which “Martians pursued PAOK fans.” Based on the first part of his testimony in the version brought to his attention by the third defendant (“he mentioned the most”), the witness named the first person arrested at that time as the person who made the decision to commit the terrorist act. “He played a leading role in the association […] he commanded the younger ages,” he remarked characteristically, referring to a specific person.

The same witness refuted the fourth defendant’s allegation that he chased two of Alka’s friends and then returned to the car, indicating from the video that after the chase he returned to the scene of the murder and then moved towards the car.

Called to refer to two handcuffs (large knives) that were found near the scene of the murder and did not appear to be associated with the perpetrators, he testified that they belonged to people who, as soon as they realized about the incident, moved to the place of the murder. the scene of the attack that forced the defendants to flee (also seen on video). “Perhaps we had losses on both sides.– said the policeman, referring to the possibility of a fight between them.

Detention center incident

When asked if the defendants showed remorse, the police officer replied as follows: “No one convinced me that he repented. They said a few words to say them” while he presented to the court an incident that took place twenty days after the murder during their detention in the detention centers of the Thessaloniki Police Headquarters.

According to the witness, the friend of the defendant brought clothes and, leaving, shouted “hold on tight.” “Then the defendants started shouting PAOK slogans. There was a commotion for about ten minutes until they stopped.” the police officer said, describing the incident.

The trial was postponed due to lack of time and will resume 2/3 with the testimony of the same witness. After that, it is planned to interrogate the rescuers and the ABEC doctor, who were called to go to the scene of the crime.

^{Source: APE-MEB}