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Albanian convict fatally knifed in high-security Korydallos Prison

Albanian convict fatally knifed in high-security Korydallos Prison

NOTICE – UPDATE

Εκathimerini.com, complying with the general principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Law 4624/2019, and taking into account the principles of proportionality and data accuracy, as well as the latest information brought to our attention, informs its readers that, pursuant to Decision No. 177/2023 of the Mixed Jury Court of Appeal of Athens, the individual referred to as the instigator, following the statement of the victim, has been declared innocent of the charge of instigation to attempted murder in a calm mental state.

Albanian convict Arber Bako is believed to have been fatally knifed in Attica’s high-security Korydallos Prison, reports said on Monday. 

The circumstances of the reported knifing were not revealed. 

Bako had been in Korydallos following a conviction for the attempted murder of the lawyer Giorgos Antonopoulos in connection with Energa and Hellas Power embezzlement cases.

He has also been linked to other murders, including that of the lawyer Michalis Zafeiropoulos, as well as several attempted killings. 

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