Egyptian authorities investigating the homicide of Athens-Macedonian Information Company (ANA) journalist and international correspondent Nikolaos Katsikas on Tuesday introduced the arrest of a meals supply courier as a suspect, in line with a report within the Egyptian newspaper “Ahram”.
The paper cites a judicial supply saying that the motive for the homicide is believed to be theft. Apparently the suspect labored in a restaurant and knew the sufferer.
Egyptian authorities have now given permission for the burial of the journalist’s physique. Katsikas was discovered useless with a number of stab wounds in his residence in Cairo on Saturday.
A member of the Athens journalists’ union, he labored in Egypt as a correspondent for the ANA in Cairo since 2016, whereas he additionally labored for the general public broadcaster ERT, the Cyprus Information Company and Cyprus tv channel RIK.
Commenting on Tuesday, authorities spokesperson Yiannis Economou expressed his condolences for the journalist’s loss of life and mentioned that Greek consular authorities are involved with Egyptian authorities to analyze “this sorrowful incident”.
(amna.gr)