Suspects trade accusations in Foinikounda double murder

The two 22-year-old suspects arrested Tuesday successful transportation with a treble execution astatine a campsite successful Foinikounda, a seaside colony successful the southern Peloponnese, are accusing each different of carrying retired the shooting, according to constabulary sources.

Shortly earlier midnight, some suspects were transferred to Kalamata, where they are expected to look earlier a authoritative and an researcher Wednesday. According to state broadcaster ERT, some men contradict shooting the 68-year-old proprietor of the campsite and the 60-year-old caretaker.

One of the suspects voluntarily appeared astatine Athens constabulary office Tuesday and identified the 2nd antheral arsenic the shooter. The 2nd antheral was aboriginal arrested successful the capital’s Kallithea district.

Authorities person not yet located the revolver used successful the killings, nor the scooter believed to person transported the suspects from Athens.

According to ERT, the nephew of the campsite proprietor besides identified the 2nd detainee arsenic the perpetrator of the treble homicide, which took spot connected October 5.

The arrests came 9 days aft the killings, which shocked the section community. According to police, the main suspect entered the campsite’s reception country wearing a disguise and opened occurrence earlier fleeing with the 2nd antheral connected a motorcycle.

Authorities had allegedly identified some men two days earlier the arrests but delayed taking enactment arsenic they monitored their movements. The probe accelerated aft video footage emerged showing the suspects escaping connected the motorcycle, helping constabulary representation their route.

The alleged accomplice, who surrendered voluntarily, reportedly claimed the motive was a failed blackmail attempt. He told investigators helium had been sexually abused by the campsite proprietor successful the summertime of 2022, when helium was 19, and had since demanded wealth to stay silent.

“Initially helium gave maine money, but astatine some point, helium stopped,” the 22-year-old said, according to statements attributed to him by section media. He besides claimed work for two erstwhile failed attempts to termination the campsite proprietor successful September.

After discussing the situation with his friend, helium said the two decided to instrumentality to Foinikounda to endanger the proprietor again for money. “My person was the 1 who entered the reception and shot,” helium reportedly told police.

Meanwhile, constabulary are investigating the imaginable engagement of a third idiosyncratic believed to person had a narration with some suspects. Authorities judge this idiosyncratic was wrong the campsite and had interaction with the two 22-year-olds astir the clip of the killings.