The homicide of a younger soccer fan has led authorities in Greece to try to toughen the foundations governing supporters' associations.
Alkis Kambanos was stabbed and severely overwhelmed by a gang of youths within the northern metropolis of Thessaloniki final week.
The 19-year-old sufferer supported the native aspect, Aris, whereas his attackers are allegedly followers of the rival membership PAOK. Two others had been additionally injured.
9 folks had been arrested for the deadly assault on February 1. Arrest warrants have been issued for 2 extra suspects.
The killing has drawn sturdy condemnation from political leaders throughout Greece.
"We'll confront violent followers," authorities spokesman Giannis Oikonomou advised reporters on Monday.
"It's our responsibility to society and particularly to the youthful era, but in addition to our wholesome sports activities group and the hundreds of thousands of excellent followers in our nation."
Oikonomou stated the federal government would submit a brand new invoice to parliament subsequent month, together with harsher penalties and sentencing tips for violent soccer supporters.
The proposed laws can even embody a five-month ban on supporters' golf equipment, typically used to stage assaults.
“Hooliganism is a worldwide scourge that's answerable for the demise of dozens of individuals," stated Takis Theodorikakos, a Greek minister for public order.
"We should be a part of forces, the federal government, political events, soccer groups, and gamers. Nobody has the appropriate to be absent from this effort to confront the violence.”
Within the wake of the slaying, police raided a number of soccer fan golf equipment in Thessaloniki and the Greek capital Athens, confiscating a number of weapons.
The vice chairman of the European Fee, Margaritis Schinas — himself from Thessaloniki — visited the scene of the killing over the weekend with flowers.
"The violence, fanaticism and hatred of the few is not going to break us," Schinas wrote on Twitter. "These of us who love and serve sports activities are the numerous and are stronger."
One of many suspects arrested by police has been charged with Kambanos' homicide, whereas eight others appeared in court docket on Monday.
The rivalry between the 2 golf equipment' fanbases started within the interwar interval, with Aris attracting the extra prosperous residents of Thessaloniki.
On the similar time, PAOK garnered the assist of ethnic Greek refugees, primarily from Asia Minor, who got here to the area because of the 1923 inhabitants trade with Turkey.
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