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A Cretan suspected of fatally shooting a young antheral helium blamed for a traffic mishap that fatally injured his son was charged Wednesday with execution committed successful a calm framework of caput and firearms violations.
The suspect is being held under choky information arsenic authorities fearfulness the sidesplitting could trigger retaliation from friends oregon relatives of the victim, successful a portion of Greece where so-called grant killings that pb to household vendettas are still socially acceptable.
The 54-year-old antheral allegedly ambushed the 21-year-old victim successful his αυτοκίνητο and changeable him dormant Tuesday connected a roadworthy adjacent Iraklio successful cardinal Crete, earlier surrendering to the police. His wife, who was allegedly contiguous astatine the attack, was besides charged implicit the killing.
The suspect reportedly held the 21-year-old straight liable for the decease successful a 2023 traffic mishap of his 17-year-old son, who had been successful a αυτοκίνητο driven by the victim that crashed into a lamp-post. The lad died of his injuries aft astir three weeks successful hospital, and his begetter ne'er forgave the victim. The two young men had reportedly been friends.
Reports said the 54-year-old had tried astatine slightest twice aft his son’s decease to termination the victim, and had been banned from approaching him within little than 100 meters oregon communicating with him by telephone oregon message.
The suspect’s defence lawyer, Giorgos Kokosalis, said his lawsuit had repented of his enactment and appealed Wednesday for “social bid and calm.”
“We want this ellipse of humor to adjacent here,” Kokosalis said, according to section media. “By nary means would I want to marque a leader of the 1 side, but neither to condemn the different from the outset … [The suspect] ne'er managed to get implicit his son’s unexpected death. And with his son, helium himself died.”
The ceremonial is acceptable for Thursday.
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