In the immediate detection of the wild homicide in convenience store in the area of Toumba, with a 44 year old employee as the victim, the Department of Crimes against Life of the Security of Thessaloniki proceeded.
The authorities had already concluded - after analysing video footage - that there were two perpetrators of the killing, with one of them keeping watch at a close distance from the shop.
First, the 35-year-old Greek lookout was identified on Sunday night and then the 27-year-old Albanian perpetrator, who was hiding in a house and it took a police operation to arrest him. Both of them were taken to the Police for questioning, where they confessed to their actions.
The 27-year-old claimed that he did not act intentionally and that during the altercation, the gun discharged and caused a contact injury to the victim's head.
The two arrested have been previously employed again by the authorities for possession of small quantities of drugs, while a case file is being formed against them and they are expected to be brought before the Prosecutor. Official announcements are expected later from the Security of Thessaloniki.
The chronicle
The incident took place at dawn on Saturday, 06/11, at Gr. Lambrakis, in Toumba, when a man, with his facial features covered, broke into a convenience store and threatened the employee with a firearm in order to hand over the money from the cash register. The thug hit the 44-year-old man in the head with the handle of the gun, causing head injuries.
The employee was spotted unconscious by a passing citizen and then an ambulance was alerted and transported to AHEPA hospital, where, unfortunately, he ended up.
In a recently released video documentary, a security camera from an adjacent convenience store captured intense activity at the time of the armed robbery.
Specifically, shortly before 4 a.m., people are seen moving and running in panic, moments after the incident. In the same minutes the call was made to the police about the robbery.
The notice issued by the ELAS for the incident:
«In the early morning hours of today (06-11-2021), a citizen passing by a convenience store in the area of Toumba, spotted the 44-year-old domestic employee of the business injured.
As revealed by the police investigation, earlier that day, an unknown man, with his face covered, entered the aforementioned store, where at gunpoint, he removed an unknown, so far unknown, amount of money. During the reaction of the victim, the perpetrator hit him on the head with the handle of the gun.
The 44-year-old man was taken to a city hospital where, initially, he was found to have head and neck injuries. He died shortly thereafter.
A special team of the Sub-Directorate of Criminal Investigations of Northern Greece is exploring the crime scene, where a firearm shell was found.
Forensic autopsy - autopsy was ordered», said the first statement of the ELAS.
