Suspected hooligan jailed pending trial over Bulgarian fan's death
One of two young men arrested in connection with the attack and the ensuing hit-and-run death of a 28-year-old Bulgarian soccer fan in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki on Sunday, was remanded into pretrial custody on Thursday.
The decision to jail the 24-year-old pending trial was agreed by the magistrate and the public prosecutor handling the case, as he is accused of contributing to the 28-year-old's death and of inflicting serious injuries on him during an attack by around 10 local fans on three Bulgarian supporters of a rival soccer team.
A coroner earlier this week ruled that the 28-year-old was killed as a result of being run over by a car while trying to flee the fracas. The 26-year-old driver of the car has also been accused of fleeing the scene of the accident and was released from custody on Wednesday.
The second young man involved in the...
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