DNA evidence could link AEK fan to fatal stabbing
The genetic material of a 35-year-old AEK fan, identified as A.D. by the police, was found on a knife that also carried the blood of the fatally injured Michalis Katsouris during violent clashes in Nea Filadelfeia before the soccer match between AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb in August.
A.D. was recently arrested for his involvement in the riots that occurred in the AEK-PAOK Cup final in Volos in 2017.
His DNA sample was compared to genetic material found on two knives seized as evidence, both carrying Katsouris’ blood.
The first knife was confiscated in the area where the Croatian hooligans were apprehended, and is believed to have been used by a 20-year-old Croatian. The second knife, where the genetic material was identified, is thought to belong to A.D. These developments reintroduce the scenario that the death of Katsouris, 29, was accidentally caused in a collision with A.D. during the clashes.
This is the same individual captured on footage wearing a red T-shirt, involuntarily colliding with Katsouris in an attempt by both to evade an attack by Croatian hooligans.
These developments reintroduce the scenario that the fatal injury to the 29-year-old AEK fan was accidentally caused at the moment of his collision with the 35-year-old A.D.
