Felix Krull
20.07.2010, 09:38
Greek journalist Sokratis Giolias shot to death
The International Press Institute (IPI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), strongly condemn the murder of Sokratis Giolias, director of the radio station Thema 98.9 FM and administrator of the most popular social and political Greek blog, “Troktiko.”
According to information received by SEEMO, during the early morning of 19 July 2010, an unidentified man rang the doorbell at Giolias’s home and informed him that someone was attempting to steal his car. Giolias went outside to the building entrance where he had parked his car and it was then he was shot several times. Giolias’s body was riddled with bullets and he died on the spot. Three alleged perpetrators fled the scene and remain at large.
Authorities are investigating the murder, and no motive has been suggested as yet. However, speaking to Reuters, Panos Sobolos, president of the Athens journalists' union said, "Somebody wanted to silence a very good investigative reporter who had stepped on a lot of toes with his stories."
This is the first murder of a journalist in Greece in well over two decades, although other forms of harassment of the media are not uncommon. [...]
Greek journalist Sokratis Giolias shot to death (http://www.freemedia.at/singleview/5058/)
Die griechische Polizei vermutet daß die linke Gruppierung "Sect of Revolutionaries (SR)" hinter dem Anschlag steckt.
Siehe auch hier (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10684185)
The International Press Institute (IPI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), strongly condemn the murder of Sokratis Giolias, director of the radio station Thema 98.9 FM and administrator of the most popular social and political Greek blog, “Troktiko.”
According to information received by SEEMO, during the early morning of 19 July 2010, an unidentified man rang the doorbell at Giolias’s home and informed him that someone was attempting to steal his car. Giolias went outside to the building entrance where he had parked his car and it was then he was shot several times. Giolias’s body was riddled with bullets and he died on the spot. Three alleged perpetrators fled the scene and remain at large.
Authorities are investigating the murder, and no motive has been suggested as yet. However, speaking to Reuters, Panos Sobolos, president of the Athens journalists' union said, "Somebody wanted to silence a very good investigative reporter who had stepped on a lot of toes with his stories."
This is the first murder of a journalist in Greece in well over two decades, although other forms of harassment of the media are not uncommon. [...]
Greek journalist Sokratis Giolias shot to death (http://www.freemedia.at/singleview/5058/)
Die griechische Polizei vermutet daß die linke Gruppierung "Sect of Revolutionaries (SR)" hinter dem Anschlag steckt.
Siehe auch hier (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10684185)