Greek policeman who killed Syrian refugee freed

In the incident that occurred yesterday morning in the Moschohori district of Larissa, Greece, a 20-year-old Syrian migrant, who fled while driving a stolen car, disobeying the police stop notice and crashing into the wall after some time , He was shot. he was killed when a police officer shot him as he tried to get out of the vehicle and escape.

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While the Syrian teenager was taken to the Larissa Institute of Forensic Medicine for autopsy, the 45-year-old police officer who shot him appeared in court today at the Larissa Courthouse. After the hearing, the police lawyer, Demosthenes Goulas, made statements to the press, stating that his client was deeply saddened by the incident, saying: “As the esteemed prosecutor informed us, an investigation has been launched. My client was released. My client, who will be tried pending trial, is now free,” he said.

THE FOOT OF THE POLICE IS STOPPED

Yorgos Kalliakmanis, president of the Southeast Attica Police Employees Union, also told state television that the 45-year-old police officer had stumbled during the chase and his gun exploded, fatally wounding the 20-year-old Syrian.