In the hearings that began on Friday, providing testimonies were 102 Croatian nationals, 2 Greeks, and 1 man of Albanian descent born in Greece. One of the defendants provided testimony to a prosecutor who visited him in hospital, where he is under guard.
The first 30 people charged over the clashes between rival football fans near the AEK Athens stadium in Nea Philadelphia were transferred to the Evelpidon court
Most of the defendants are Croat nationals, as is one Croat under guard at Erythros Stavros hospital in Athens. Those read charges include two Greeks, one Albanian, an Austrian national, a German and a Bosnian national. They were transported to the Evelpidon courthouses under heavy police guard.
