Police seek clues in killing of top criminal lawyer

Police investigating the killing of prominent lawyer Michalis Zafeiropoulos in his Athens office on Thursday night are seeking to determine whether the crime had been premeditated, Kathimerini understands. 

Investigators have determined that two men entered the building on Asclepiou Street at around 7 p.m. had had an appointment with Zafeiropoulos.

According to the latter's associate, the two men were aged between 30 and 40 and spoke good Greek but with a foreign accent that suggested they might be Albanian.

Initially the four men had a conversation in the lobby before the pair were led to Zafeiropoulos's office. Once they were alone with him, one of them shot him in the chest at close range, killing him instantly.

As Zafeiropoulos's office has no surveillance cameras, police are focusing on footage from the cameras of shops in the area in their bid to...