Hooligans linked to officer’s death brought before prosecutor

Sixty-seven Olympiakos club hooligans arrested for their involvement in the fatal injury of the riot policeman Giorgos Lygeridis and in at least 14 more cases appeared before a prosecutor on Tuesday. 

Thirty-one-year-old Lygeridis was fatally struck by a naval flare last December outside a stadium during a volleyball match in Athens.

The suspects, all organized Olympiakos fans, are described by police sources as leading members of Gate 7 (the ultras). They are to be charged on a case-by-case basis with incitement and complicity in the killing of the officer. According to information, 63 of them are also expected to be charged with participation in a criminal organization.

Some of them were found to have had not only a physical presence but also an organizational role in the attacks on the riot police unit outside the Melina Merkouri Stadium in Renti.