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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday expressed his grief over the death of a police officer who died in hospital earlier the same day, due to injuries inflicted when he was shot with a naval flare in Rentis, during clashes with sports team supporters.

According to information, the policeman who was seriously injured by the naval flare in Rentis has come out of the repression.

According to medical sources, the policeman, who is being treated at the General State Hospital in Nikaia, has had his medical support stopped, meaning he is no longer under sedation, so that his doctors can see how his body will react. The officer remains mechanically assisted.

Since December 7, the policeman who was injured in Rentis has been fighting for his life

The 31-year-old policeman has been hospitalized since the evening of Thursday, December 7, at the General State Hospital in an extremely critical condition after being seriously injured by the naval flare fired by hooligans outside the closed "Melina Merkouri".

The police officer was taken to the hospital bleeding profusely, as the flare hit the femoral artery, he was arrested, the doctors brought him back, he went into surgery, and a few days later his leg was amputated. His condition from the first moment is extremely critical.

A sports fan who seriously injured a policeman with a flare during incidents outside a game in Athens on Thursday has been arrested, police said on Sunday.