{"id":581258,"date":"2026-04-04T07:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581258\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T07:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:22:10","slug":"third-arrest-in-thessaloniki-soccer-fan-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581258\/","title":{"rendered":"Third arrest in Thessaloniki soccer fan killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/police_intime-1.jpg\" alt=\"Third arrest in Thessaloniki soccer fan killing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/police_intime-1-960x600.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>File photo.<\/p>\n<p>A third suspect has been remanded in custody in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 20-year-old man in Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, on March 12, authorities said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old appeared before an examining magistrate in Thessaloniki, facing charges of aggravated bodily harm, gang membership, and possession of dangerous objects under sports violence statutes.<\/p>\n<p>He told the court he accompanied victim Kleomenis, to meet the alleged killer \u2013 a 23-year-old \u2013 because the older man had been \u201cbothering\u201d young and underage individuals over rival football allegiances. He denied carrying weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old suspect claims he acted in self-defense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"File photo. A third suspect has been remanded in custody in connection with the fatal stabbing of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,2169,44,561,82],"class_list":["post-581258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-crime","tag-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}