The 63-year-old man accused of murdering his brother inside their home in the village of Martha, Viannos Municipality, on Saturday evening (14/2) was brought to the Heraklion courthouse shortly before 12:00 noon, where he is expected to give testimony for his criminal actions against his brother. The alleged perpetrator was arrested by police authorities and is charged with homicide, weapons law violations, and domestic violence, according to information from neakriti.gr.
According to information from patris.gr, the 67-year-old victim also bore several injuries to his body, suggesting a brutal beating before he was stabbed by his brother.
Fratricide in Heraklion Crete: “The entire village is shocked,” says village president Michalis Anareptakis
“The village is shocked by the fratricide that occurred last night,” says local president Michalis Anareptakis, speaking to patris.gr. Mr. Anareptakis notes that all residents are “peace-loving and beloved” while “they still cannot believe what happened.” As the village president describes, the 67-year-old was not a permanent resident of the village.
“He had divorced and about a month ago came to the village to stay with his brother. He was a father of two children while the perpetrator was unmarried,” he emphasizes, noting that the local community had not realized that the two brothers had strained relations. “The house where they lived was isolated from other houses, so if there were arguments, people wouldn’t have known.”
Cold-bloodedly called police to make complaints then killed his brother
The perpetrator displayed incredible composure from his arrest onward. According to information from patris.gr, the 67-year-old called authorities to make complaints about his brother, with police officers realizing something was wrong.
They rushed to the scene and the 67-year-old, upon seeing them, confessed that he killed his brother with a knife after beating him. The perpetrator allegedly told police that his brother wouldn’t give him the car keys and he became enraged. When police entered the house, they found the lifeless body of the 64-year-old bearing stab wounds to the abdomen and neck, as well as injuries from the beating.
The timeline
Everything happened shortly after 8 PM in the village of Martha in Viannos when the 64-year-old and his 67-year-old brother were at their family home. For reasons unknown so far, the two brothers began arguing, with the 64-year-old taking a knife and stabbing it into his 67-year-old brother’s neck.
Unfortunately, the blow was fatal, with the unfortunate man breathing his last. The same sources report that the 64-year-old had consumed alcohol. An ambulance from EKAV rushed to the scene along with a police patrol car. Despite superhuman efforts, rescuers could not save the unfortunate man. Police officers located and arrested the 64-year-old, taking him to detention. Criminal charges for homicide have already been filed against him, and he is expected to be brought before the Heraklion prosecutor.
