FILE PHOTO: A man walks at the spot where a 29-year-old man was knifed to death during clashes between football supporters outside the AEK football club stadium in Nea Philadelphia on the night of 07 August, in Athens, Greece, 08 August 2023. He was one of nine people in total who were injured during violent incidents between AEK and Dinamo Zagreb supporters. Strong police forces were sent to stop the violence, detained 98 people involved in the incidents, while an inquiry to locate additional culprits and shed light on any other aspect of the case is continuing. EPA/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU
New evidence has emerged in the investigation into the murder of AEK F.C. fan Michalis Katsouris during clashes with Croatian football hooligans in Athens last August, police sources revealed on Monday.
According to the sources, the DNA of a 35-year-old Greek football supporter has been found on one of the knives police collected from the scene of the deadly attack, that also had traces of the victim’s blood on it.
The 35-year-old, in testimony given the previous Friday, claimed that he had a knife on him when the clashes started that he then lost. The 35-year-old was arrested and is already in Nafplion prison serving an earlier outstanding prison sentence of 12 months and a fine for his involvement in previous incidents of football fan violence in the town of Volos.
He is to be examined by the authorities again in the next few days in order to determine whether he was involved in the deadly injury of the 29-year-old victim, Katsouris.
Source: ΑΝΑ – MPA
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