Rizoupoli

The ongoing investigation to identify the killer of 29-year-old Michalis Katsouris during clashes on August 7 between rival fans on the eve of the Champions League qualifier between AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb has revealed that police officers apparently encountered a group of hooligans on motorcycles twice after the fatal incident but allowed most of them to get away.

Asteras Tripolis clinched the last remaining place for Greek teams in the Europa League qualifiers as it beat Panetolikos away on Sunday, while AEK combined its celebration of its first title in 24 years with a win at Apollon Smyrnis.

Police officers scrambled to shield a 58-year-old man charged with the murder of a 32-year-old tax officer from angry protesters outside the capital's Evelpidon court complex on Friday. In his testimony before an investigating magistrate, the man allegedly admitted to stabbing Theodora Zeberi 14 times on the afternoon of October 18.

The Greek police (ELAS) on Tuesday said it had detained a 58-year-old man who has admitted to killing a 32-year-old woman at Athens's Second Cemetery in the western suburb of Rizoupoli on October 18.

The father of a 32-year-old tax worker who was murdered in an Athens cemetery on Wednesday has called on the Financial Crimes Unit to look into any suspicious cases his daughter may have worked on.