“I’m a member of ISIS, they were giving me orders for the fires,” said the Palestinian suspect in the Hymettus arson cases – He had been arrested 20 other times

Even claiming to beryllium a subordinate of ISIS, the 32-year-old Palestinian, present successful constabulary custody for the Hymettus arsons and intersexual assaults against underage girls and a 58-year-old pistillate successful Aigaleo, made shocking statements.

In his grounds to the Arson Crime Division, the antheral said that a antheral helium met successful Turkey paid him €100 to acceptable fires and that this idiosyncratic was 1 level supra him successful ISIS.

When asked to picture this man, the Palestinian (a Syrian national) changed his story, saying that the idiosyncratic giving him wealth was not a quality being but a prophet.

His contradictions continued erstwhile helium aboriginal stated that nary 1 told him what to do, and that helium acted unsocial due to the fact that it “clears his mind.”

After his testimony, the Fire Department notified the Greek National Intelligence Service (EYP), which volition verify the claims made by the 32-year-old Palestinian.

Arrested 20 times for assorted offenses
The 32-year-old was brought earlier the Prosecutor for the arson and harassment cases. However, according to Mega, helium had antecedently been arrested 20 times for antithetic offenses.

Reports bespeak that helium entered Kos illegally successful May 2024, claiming to beryllium a warfare refugee, which allowed him to get a residence licence successful Greece. Now, however, the Minister of Migration and Asylum, Thanos Plevris, has requested a reappraisal of the asylum presumption helium received.

Authorities explicate that threats to nationalist information oregon convictions for transgression offenses warrant the revocation of asylum protection. The aforesaid process volition automatically beryllium applied successful each cases wherever asylum holders perpetrate transgression offenses.

The Palestinian suspect’s transgression record
Authorities were already alert of the Palestinian fishy from erstwhile arson cases and an attempted execution case.

Last May, the 32-year-old attacked idiosyncratic with a knife, was arrested, brought earlier the courts, but was released nether restrictions.

On September 7, helium acceptable occurrence to a forested country successful Vyronas, adjacent Karea Avenue. The Fire Department had grounds linking him to 3 different arsons successful the aforesaid country past June.

After the fire, the Arson Crime Division utilized ocular material, videos, photos, and witnesser statements to place the 32-year-old arsenic the perpetrator who ignited the Hymettus wood occurrence with a lighter.