His case takes a new turn carnage at North of Heraklion, which left behind two dead and many wounded. On Wednesday afternoon (05/11), the police proceeded to arrest of groom of the 39-year-old victim, as, according to the Authorities, he had active participation in the shootings.
This is the first arrest from the side of the 39-year-old’s family.
Carbine in the cave and video-documentary
Police investigations led to the discovery of a carbine and dozens of cartridgeswhich were carefully hidden inside a cavenear the Holy Monastery of Agios Antonios.
The piece of land where the cave is located belongs to 43 year old groom of the victim. The area was immediately cordoned off for fingerprint collection and DNA.
The 43-year-old was arrested for violating the Arms Act, as well as for armed participation in the carnage. In fact, according to police editor Vassilis Lambropoulos, the authorities have it in their hands video which shows the arrested na shoots during the deadly melee. Now, it is being scrutinized whether he is the person responsible for her death 56 years old E.F. from the stray bullet.
The background to the tradition of the three brothers
This arrest comes a few hours after the surrender of three brothers (aged 29, 25 and 19) from the rival family, who had been on the run since Saturday.
They were handed over on Tuesday afternoon on the Moira-Heraklion provincial road, outside a gas station in Agia Varvara, where the accused arrived with taxi and were handed over to men of the “Greek FBI”, as they had requested.
The tangle of locating them began to unravel from one phone call. THE 19 years old brother, where is soldierhe called his commander asking for permission, under the pretext of a breakdown in his motorcycle. His cell phone was turned off under surveillance.
They apologize on Monday
The brothers appeared today before the Investigator, who went to the Police Station to avoid any tension. The defendants asked and received term to apologize for the coming one MondayNovember 11.
According to information, in their first testimony they only talked about the events before the fight. They claimed they were returning from an autopsy at the house where the explosion happened when they saw the 39-year-old’s car speeding towards them and the driver shoots through the window. They also testified that at the same time «we were receiving fire from above”, however they did not reveal what happened next.
The 43-year-old son-in-law, who was arrested today, was transferred to a different police station so that he would not be in the same area as the three defendants from the other family.
Finally, O minor son of the owner of the hotel in Tympaki (where the 19-year-old hid) he was released and his trial was set for February 2026, while free was also left father of. The other two defendants, who they are being treated as guardsare expected to apologize tomorrow, Thursday, inside PAGNI.
The raid on the hotel and the attack on MEGA
The authorities located the 19-year-old first in Rethymnon and then in Drum stickin a hotel of a friend of his. It’s done raidbut the young man was not found there. However, they were brought in owner of the hotel and his son for care.
During the report at the particular hotel, the MEGA workshop accepted attack by a relative of the owner. The man, using violence, threw the cameraman to the ground and tried to his grab the camerademanding to see what he has recorded.
Before their surrender, the three brothers met at the 29-year-old’s father-in-law’s house in Agia Varvara. As stated by spouse of the 29-year-old, the man went to her, “kissed his girls” and told her that “goes to deliver».
Authorities obtained DNA, fingerprints and gunpowder samples from the three arrested. The biggest question remains who shot whomas the main weapons of the clash have not yet been identified.