Pavlos Fyssas

Pavlos Fyssas (Greek: Παύλος Φύσσας; 10 April 1979 – 18 September 2013), also known by his stage name Killah P[1] (meaning "Killer of the Past"), was a Greek rapper, notable for his participation and performance in musical projects, as well as for his anti-fascist activism. He toured well-known venues in Athens and throughout Greece. He was murdered on 18 September 2013 by a member of the neo-fascist group Golden Dawn.[2][3]

Pavlos Fyssas
Παύλος Φύσσας
Pavlos Fyssas giving a performance in 2011.
Pavlos Fyssas giving a performance in 2011.
Background information
Birth namePavlos Fyssas
Also known asKillah P
Born(1979-04-10)10 April 1979
Perama, Piraeus, Greece
Died18 September 2013(2013-09-18) (aged 34)
Keratsini, Piraeus, Greece
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, rapper
Years active1997–2013
Musical career
GenresHip hop

Artistic and political activity

Fyssas was, along with his father, a member of the Syndicate of Metalworkers of Piraeus (SMP). He had also been an active member of the Greek hip-hop scene since 1997, starting his music career in the Low Bap movement, and later performing alongside big names of the scene. He affiliated himself politically with the ANTARSYA movement.[4]

Death

On 17 September 2013, Fyssas went out with his partner and 8–10 people to a cafe, to watch a football match.[5]

The Hellenic Police received a call at 23:57 the same night, in which the caller stated that a group of 50 people had assembled and were armed with bats, at the intersection of Kefallinias Street and Panagi Tsaldari Avenue in Keratsini. They were reportedly heading towards a shop-cafe called Korali (Coral). At 23:59, a DIAS motorcycle police unit of eight was instructed to enter the area. The police officers reached the Coral cafe, where 30 people were assembled outside, a number of whom started to run towards Tsaldari Avenue, where another group of 60 people had already assembled. There the police officers found Fyssas injured with stab wounds.[6] While still conscious, Fyssas indicated Giorgios Roupakias, who was still on site, as the perpetrator of the attack. Roupakias was then arrested.[7] Fyssas was transported to the General Hospital of Nikea, where his death was confirmed.[7][8][9]

Roupakias called the central office of Golden Dawn and it was claimed that he had spoken with Nikolaos Michaloliakos while the latter was at his residence at the time; this was later confirmed by police officers.[10]

Suspect

Giorgios Roupakias worked in the cafeteria of the offices of the neo-fascist political party Golden Dawn.[11][12] Roupakias was released from pre-trial custody in March 2016 despite having admitted to the murder to a judge[13] after spending the legal maximum time in custody before trial proceedings. He was subsequently required to stay in his home except for court appearances, with armed guards keeping him both restricted and protected.

Reactions
25 September 2013: Demonstration in Athens against Golden Dawn for the murder of Pavlos Fyssas.

The murder was condemned by all parties represented in parliament,[14] including Golden Dawn, which claimed through its MP, Ilias Kasidiaris, that it had no connection to the incident.[15] Fyssas' father stated angrily through a phone call on a television station that his son did not belong to any political faction. He specifically stated: "My child did not belong anywhere, they have wrongly politicized him. From the first day we have stated this. They exploit him politically. My child did not belong anywhere."[16]

In a television statement, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras asked for public calm and stated that he will stop "the descendants of the Nazis from poisoning our social life, to act criminally, to terrorize and to undermine the foundations of the country which gave birth to democracy".[17]

Following the incident, protests against Golden Dawn and the associated rise of the far right took place throughout Greece. This included a protest in Athens, attended by 2,500–10,000 people, which marched towards Golden Dawn's central offices a week after the death. The police response to this protest included 34 arrests and reports of one female protester being shot in the face at close range with a tear gas canister.[18][19][20] Protests also took place in cities outside Greece, including Barcelona, Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam, London and Nicosia.[21][22]

Anti-fascist protests staged in Greece turned violent; with police and protesters clashing in Thessaloniki and Athens.[23] Golden Dawn MPs Ilias Kasidiaris, Ilias Panayiotaros and Nikos Michos, who had been accused of acting as intermediaries in the case, were freed after they were not indicted.[24]

On 1 November 2013, a shooting took place at the Golden Dawn's Neo Irakleio offices in Athens. The attack resulted in two members of Golden Dawn, Manolis Kapelonis and Giorgos Fountoulis, being killed with a third injured.

On 7 October 2020, after five and a half years of investigations, Golden Dawn was declared a criminal organization, with sixty-eight of its members being named as members of a criminal organization and fifteen out of the seventeen members accused of Pavlos's murder being convicted. The court found Anastasios-Marios Anadiotis, Giorgios Dimou, Elpidoforos Kalaritis, Yoannis Vasilios Komianos, Konstantinos Korkovilis, Anastasios Michalaros, Giorgios Patelis (the secretary of the Nikaia Battalion), Giorgios Skalos, Giorgios Stambelos, Leon Tsalikis, Athanasios Tsorvas, Nikolaos Tsorvas, and Aristotelis Chrisafitis guilty of the murder of Pavlos Fyssas. The court had earlier acknowledged the guilt of Giorgios Roupakias.[25]

Legacy

In 2021, a scientific researcher of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, named two newly discovered genres of cyanobacteria, Speos fyssasii and Iphianassa zackieohae, after the activists Pavlos Fyssas and Zak Kostopoulos respectively.[26][27][28]

Discography

"Έχω" – Ανδρείκελος – Οι Παλίρροιες Των Χρόνων (The Tides Of Time) (2007)[29][30]

Songs

"Σιγά μην κλάψω, σιγά μη φοβηθώ" (Won't cry, won't be scared)

"Για το καλό μου" (For my wellbeing)

"Ζόρια" (Stress)[31]

"Εκτός Ελέγχου" (Out of Control/Anthem)[32]

See also

References
  1. Smith, Helena (17 September 2013). "Greece moves to ban far-right Golden Dawn party". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  2. "Who Pavlos Fyssas / Killah P. was (Original: Ποιος ήταν ο Παύλος Φύσσας/Killah P.)". Athens Voice. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. "Who Pavlos Fyssas was – What he was saying in his interview (original: "Ποιος ήταν ο Παύλος Φύσσας – Τι έλεγε σε συνέντευξή του")". Kathimerini. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. "Ποιος είναι ο 34χρονος Παύλος Φύσσας, ράπερ Killah P, μέλος του ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ". ProtoThema. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  5. "Who was Pavlos Fyssas - What He said in an Interview (Ποιος ήταν ο Παύλος Φύσσας - Τι έλεγε σε συνέντευξή του)". Kathimerini. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  6. Ο 34χρονος Παύλος Φύσσας δέχθηκε δολοφονική επίθεση - Ομολόγησε ο δράστης, είπε ότι, ανήκει στη Χρυσή Αυγή Skai.gr
  7. "The Chronicle of Pavlos Fyssas' Murder (To χρονικό της δολοφονίας του Παύλου Φύσσα)". Kathimerini. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  8. "Τηλεφώνημα σε Μιχαλολιάκο λίγο μετά τη δολοφονία Φύσσα". tvxs.gr. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  9. "ΦΩΤΟ-Ένας χρόνος από τη δολοφονία του Παύλου Φύσσα" (in Greek). Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  10. "Phone Call to Mihalogiakos moments after the Murder of Fyssas (Τηλεφώνημα σε Μιχαλολιάκο λίγο μετά τη δολοφονία Φύσσα)". tvxs.gr. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  11. Ο Γ.Ρουπακιάς έπαιρνε χαρτζιλίκι από τη Χρυσή Αυγή, λέει το περιβάλλον του (in Greek)
  12. Γ. Ρουπακιάς: ο δολοφόνος του Παύλου Φύσσα ήταν στην κατασκήνωση της Χρυσής Αυγής... αλλά δεν είναι μέλος! Archived 21 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
  13. "Giorgos Roupakis Released". Vice. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  14. "Parliament: Unanimous Condemnation of the Murder of Pavlos Fyssas (Βουλή: Ομόφωνη καταδίκη της δολοφονίας του Παύλου Φύσσα)". Naftemporiki.gr. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  15. "Βουλή: Κράτησαν ενός λεπτού σιγή στη μνήμη του Παύλου Φύσσα όταν έφυγε η Χρυσή Αυγή". Proto Thema. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  16. ""The Child did not belong Anywhere" (Το παιδί δεν ανήκε πουθενά)". Star.gr. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  17. "Sadness and Rage for the Murder of Pavlos Fyssas (Θλίψη και οργή για τη δολοφονία του Παύλου Φύσσα)". Euronews. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  18. "Greece: murder of anti-fascist prompts protest". indexoncensorship.org. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  19. "Teargas and molotov in Athens antifa protest". keeptalkinggreece.com. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  20. "Thousands join fresh Greece protests against Golden Dawn". bbc.com. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  21. "Anti-fascist Demonstrations Around Europe for Fyssas". Greek Europe Reporter. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  22. "March in Nicosia in Memory of Pavlos Fyssas (Πορεία στη Λευκωσία για το θάνατο του Παύλου Φύσσα)". Nooz.gr. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  23. "Anti-fascist protests across Greece turn violent". 18 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  24. "The MP Elias Kasidiaris, Elias Panayiotaros nad Nikos Michos were free". Naftemporiki.gr. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  25. Varouni, Agapi; Mytili, Evdokia; Portsalis, Lefteris; Bakousi, Magda; Melissaris, Spiros (7 October 2020). "Δίκη Χρυσής Αυγής: Ένοχοι για εγκληματική οργάνωση Μιχαλολιάκος και πολιτικά στελέχη". CNN Greece (in Greek). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  26. "Researcher gave the names of Pavlos Fyssas and Zak to new scientific genres (original: Ερευνητής έδωσε τα ονόματα του Παύλου Φύσσα και Ζακ σε νέα επιστημονικά είδη)". In.gr. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  27. "AUT: Researchers discovered new cyanobacteria and brought Pavlos Fyssas and Zak Costopoulos to immortality through science (original: ΑΠΘ: Ερευνητές ανακάλυψαν νέα κυανοβακτήρια και πέρασαν τον Παύλο Φύσσα και τον Ζακ Κωστόπουλο στην αθανασία μέσω της επιστήμης". Ethnos. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  28. Panou, Manthos; Gkelis, Spyros (7 October 2021). "Unravelling unknown cyanobacteria diversity linked with HCN production". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 166: Article 107322. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107322.
  29. Killah P Discography at Discogs
  30. OiPalirroiesTonHronon_AlbumMixtrack.mp3
  31. Tραγούδια και στίχοι του Παύλου Φύσσα
  32. Παύλος Φύσσας (Killah P) ~ Εκτός Ελέγχου [Anthem], retrieved 23 December 2021
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