DNA links mob hit victims to car with weapons

The genetic material found in a car containing heavy weaponry in the Neos Kosmos district of Athens last week has been identified by the Hellenic Police (ELAS) as belonging to the two victims of a mafia attack in Korydallos on June 7.

Vassilis Roubetis, 38, and his brother-in-law Dionysis Mouzakitis, 31, were fatally shot in an ambush linked to ongoing gang rivalries.

Based on the DNA find, police believe that the two victims were preparing something and therefore had left the heavy weaponry in the jeep, which had been stolen on January 19 from the suburb of Nikaia.

The vehicle contained two Kalashnikovs, which have not been used in any illegal activity, three pistols, bulletproof vests and a grenade. One of the three pistols had been used in a shootout in the Mandra area. The gun was identified through a shell casing recovered by police from the scene.