Greek police has examined the footage material from some 20 security cameras around and near the spot where two members of Golden Dawn were shot down on Friday, while a third victim is being treated in critical condition in an Athens hospital. Citing police sources, Greek media report that the gunmen needed only seven seconds to shoot 13 bullets at the victims and that the assailants had inspected the target area twenty minutes before the attack.
Police have examined footage of the murder of two Golden Dawn members taken from a security camera at the party’s offices and have collected material from CCTV cameras at about 20 other sites in Neo Iraklio, northern Athens.
According to sources, the footage shows the two assailants parking their motorcycle about 50 meters from the Neo-Nazi party’s offices and approaching four men that were guarding the building.
One of the attackers opened fire with a handgun from a distance of about 15 meters. One of the four men managed to hide inside the building but the three other victims, two of whom died, were struck by bullets.
The gunman approached two of the victims and shot them in the head from a close distance. He was wearing a baseball cap, while the other suspect was wearing a motorcycle helmet.
Police have also collected about 20 witness statements. They also found a 13th bullet casing at the scene, following the 12 found early in the investigation.
They believe this bullet may have been fired at a member of the public that mounted his motorcycle to follow the two men when they rode off. (ekathimerini)
On Friday evening, two gunmen on a motorcycle shot down Giorgos Fountoulis, 27, and Manos Kapelonis, 22, on security duty outside the Golden dawn offices in Neo Irakleio, suburb of northern-east Athens. Third victim, Alexandros Gerontas, 29, was severely injured.
at the spot of attack
Fountoulis and Kapelonis were taken to their graves on Monday. Fountoulis’s family had expressed the wish that his friends would refrain from turning the funeral into a political one. Fountoulis father wrote on Facebook “We want no Golden Dawn members at the funeral, not politician. No Blood and Honor.”
Bloods and Honor is the main slogan of Golden Dawn.
According to Greek media and police findings from the spot, the gunmen used a semi auto Zastava pistol 9mm that was never used before.
Police reportedly investigates in the area of Greek terrorist organizations, while other apsects and motives are not excluded.
