Engineer’s Murder: Murderer’s Scooter Filmed

Investigations have revealed video footage of the cold-blooded murder of civil engineer Panagiotis Stathis, who was shot dead on Tuesday morning outside his office in the northern Athens suburb of Neo Psychiko.

Police say the killer was riding a scooter with fake number plates. CCTV footage from the area captured his route around the crime scene, and audio-visual recordings are being examined by authorities.

The legal owner of the scooter has been questioned but is not considered a suspect, according to Kathimerini.

The investigation into this mafia-style murder focuses on Stathis’ business activities on popular resort islands, where illegal construction is rife.

Stathis, who had been carrying out topographical surveys of Mykonos, Paros and Ios since the late 1990s through a technical company he co-owned, was shot dead while driving his partner’s BMW outside their company headquarters on the corner of Kritis and Eikostis Pemptis Martiou streets.

He was shot by an individual on a motorcycle who approached the car and shot through the window.

Audio recordings of the shooting suggest the attacker fired a volley of bullets, stopped and then continued shooting. At least 15 shell casings were found at the scene.