Pavlos Fyssas
{{Short description|Greek rapper (1979–2013)}}
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| name = Pavlos Fyssas
| image = Παύλος Φύσσας 2011 (cropped).jpeg
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| birth_name = Pavlos Fyssas
| native_name = Παύλος Φύσσας
| alias = Killah P
| birth_date = {{birth date|1979|4|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Perama, Piraeus, Greece
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|9|18|1979|4|10|df=y}}
| death_place = Keratsini, Piraeus, Greece
| occupation = Singer, songwriter, rapper
| years_active = 1997–2013
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| background = solo_singer
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| genre = Hip hop
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Pavlos Fyssas ({{langx|el|Παύλος Φύσσας}}; 10 April 1979 – 18 September 2013), also known by his stage name Killah P{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/18/greece-ban-golden-dawn-pavlos-fyssas|title=Greece moves to ban far-right Golden Dawn party|first=Helena|last=Smith|date=17 September 2013|accessdate=18 September 2013|newspaper=The Guardian}} (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.{{cite news|url=https://www.athensvoice.gr/49301_poios-itan-o-paylos-fyssas/killah-p|title=Who Pavlos Fyssas / Killah P. was (Original: Ποιος ήταν ο Παύλος Φύσσας/Killah P.)|publisher=Athens Voice|date=15 September 2018|accessdate=18 September 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.kathimerini.gr/53754/article/epikairothta/ellada/poios-htan-o-paylos-fyssas---ti-elege-se-synentey3h-toy)|title=Who Pavlos Fyssas was – What he was saying in his interview (original: "Ποιος ήταν ο Παύλος Φύσσας – Τι έλεγε σε συνέντευξή του")|work=Kathimerini|date=18 September 2013|accessdate=18 September 2019}}
Artistic and political activity
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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.
Death
On 17 September 2013, Fyssas went out with his partner and 8–10 people to a cafe to watch a football match.{{cite web|title=Who was Pavlos Fyssas - What He said in an Interview (Ποιος ήταν ο Παύλος Φύσσας - Τι έλεγε σε συνέντευξή του)|url=http://www.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_kathremote_1_18/09/2013_519147|date=18 September 2013|publisher=Kathimerini|accessdate=14 December 2013}}
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 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 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.Ο 34χρονος Παύλος Φύσσας δέχθηκε δολοφονική επίθεση - Ομολόγησε ο δράστης, είπε ότι, ανήκει στη Χρυσή Αυγή [http://www.skai.gr/news/greece/article/242106/enas-nekros-stin-amfiali-34hronos-dehthike-dolofoniki-epithessi-/ Skai.gr] While still conscious, Fyssas indicated Giorgios Roupakias, who was still on site, as the perpetrator of the attack. Roupakias was then arrested.{{cite web|title=The Chronicle of Pavlos Fyssas' Murder (To χρονικό της δολοφονίας του Παύλου Φύσσα)|url=http://www.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_kathremote_1_18/09/2013_519198|date=18 September 2013|publisher=Kathimerini|accessdate=14 December 2013}} Fyssas was transported to the General Hospital of Nikea, where his death was confirmed.{{cite news|date=29 September 2013|title=Τηλεφώνημα σε Μιχαλολιάκο λίγο μετά τη δολοφονία Φύσσα|publisher=tvxs.gr|url=http://www.tvxs.gr/news/ellada/tilefonima-lagoy-ston-mixaloliako-ligo-meta-ti-dolofonia-fyssa|accessdate=29 September 2013}}{{Cite news|title=ΦΩΤΟ-Ένας χρόνος από τη δολοφονία του Παύλου Φύσσα|language=el|url=http://www.enikos.gr/society/264053/photo-enas-xronos-apo-ti-dolofonia-tou-pavlou-fyssa|access-date=6 October 2018}}
Roupakias called the central office of Golden Dawn and spoke with Nikolaos Michaloliakos while the latter was at his residence at the time; this was later confirmed by police.{{cite web|title=Phone Call to Mihalogiakos moments after the Murder of Fyssas (Τηλεφώνημα σε Μιχαλολιάκο λίγο μετά τη δολοφονία Φύσσα)|url=http://www.tvxs.gr/news/ellada/tilefonima-lagoy-ston-mixaloliako-ligo-meta-ti-dolofonia-fyssa|date=29 September 2013|publisher=tvxs.gr|accessdate=14 December 2013}}
= Suspect =
Giorgios Roupakias worked in the cafeteria of the offices of the neo-fascist political party Golden Dawn.[http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=1231265672 Ο Γ.Ρουπακιάς έπαιρνε χαρτζιλίκι από τη Χρυσή Αυγή, λέει το περιβάλλον του] (in Greek)[http://www.newsit.gr/default.php?pname=Article&art_id=239525&catid=4 Γ. Ρουπακιάς: ο δολοφόνος του Παύλου Φύσσα ήταν στην κατασκήνωση της Χρυσής Αυγής... αλλά δεν είναι μέλος!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054232/http://www.newsit.gr/default.php?pname=Article&art_id=239525&catid=4|date=21 September 2013}} (in Greek) Roupakias was released from pre-trial custody in March 2016 despite having admitted to the murder to a judge{{cite web|title=Giorgos Roupakis Released|url=https://www.vice.com/read/giorgos-roupakis-released-golden-dawn-murder-greece|date=11 March 2016|publisher=Vice|accessdate=31 October 2016}} after spending the legal maximum time in custody before trial proceedings. He was subsequently required to stay under house arrest except for court appearances, with armed guards keeping him both restricted and protected.{{cn|date=February 2025}}
= Reactions =
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The murder was condemned by all parties represented in parliament,{{cite web|title=Parliament: Unanimous Condemnation of the Murder of Pavlos Fyssas (Βουλή: Ομόφωνη καταδίκη της δολοφονίας του Παύλου Φύσσα)|url=http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/699940|date=18 September 2013|website=|publisher=Naftemporiki.gr|accessdate=14 December 2013}} including Golden Dawn, which claimed through its MP, Ilias Kasidiaris, that it had no connection to the incident.{{cite web|title=Βουλή: Κράτησαν ενός λεπτού σιγή στη μνήμη του Παύλου Φύσσα όταν έφυγε η Χρυσή Αυγή|url=http://www.protothema.gr/politics/article/312021/eisodos-proklisi-tis-hrusis-augis-sti-vouli-simera/|date=19 September 2013|website=|publisher=Proto Thema|accessdate=14 December 2013}} Fyssas' father stated angrily through a phone call on a television station that his son did not belong to any political faction: "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."{{cite web|title="The Child did not belong Anywhere" (Το παιδί δεν ανήκε πουθενά)|url=http://www.star.gr/Pages/Ellada_Kosmos.aspx?art=203092&artTitle=o_pateras_tou_p_fyssa_apokleistika_sto_star_to_paidi_den_anike_pouthena|date=13 November 2013|website=|publisher=Star.gr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212145057/http://www.star.gr/Pages/Ellada_Kosmos.aspx?art=203092&artTitle=o_pateras_tou_p_fyssa_apokleistika_sto_star_to_paidi_den_anike_pouthena|archive-date=12 December 2013|accessdate=14 December 2013}}
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".{{cite web|title=Sadness and Rage for the Murder of Pavlos Fyssas (Θλίψη και οργή για τη δολοφονία του Παύλου Φύσσα)|url=http://gr.euronews.com/2013/09/19/people-pay-their-respects-to-stabbing-victim-in-athens-suburb/|date=19 September 2013|website=|publisher=Euronews|accessdate=14 December 2013}}
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.{{cite web|title=Greece: murder of anti-fascist prompts protest|url=https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2013/09/greece-murder-prompts-protests-political-moves-golden-dawn/|date=19 September 2013|website=|publisher=indexoncensorship.org|accessdate=29 August 2015}}{{cite web|title=Teargas and molotov in Athens antifa protest|url=http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2013/09/25/teargas-and-molotov-in-athens-antifa-protest-picts-video/|date=25 September 2013|website=|publisher=keeptalkinggreece.com|accessdate=29 August 2015}}{{cite web|title=Thousands join fresh Greece protests against Golden Dawn|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24275978/|date=25 September 2013|website=|publisher=bbc.com|accessdate=29 August 2015}} Protests also took place in cities outside Greece, including Barcelona, Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam, London and Nicosia.{{cite web|title=Anti-fascist Demonstrations Around Europe for Fyssas|url=http://eu.greekreporter.com/2013/09/19/anti-fascist-demonstrations-around-europe-for-fyssas/|date=19 September 2013|website=|publisher=Greek Europe Reporter|accessdate=29 August 2015}}{{cite web|title=March in Nicosia in Memory of Pavlos Fyssas (Πορεία στη Λευκωσία για το θάνατο του Παύλου Φύσσα)|url=http://www.nooz.gr/world/poreia-sti-leukosia-gia-to-8anato-tou-pailou-fissa20913|date=20 September 2013|website=|publisher=Nooz.gr|accessdate=29 August 2015}}
Anti-fascist protests staged in Greece turned violent; with police and protesters clashing in Thessaloniki and Athens.{{cite web|title=Anti-fascist protests across Greece turn violent|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/18/anti-fascist-greece-violent/2833657/|date=18 September 2013|website=USA Today|publisher=|accessdate=14 December 2013}} 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.{{cite web|title=The MP Elias Kasidiaris, Elias Panayiotaros nad Nikos Michos were free|url=http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/709966|date=2 October 2013|website=|publisher=Naftemporiki.gr|accessdate=14 December 2013}}
On 1 November 2013, a shooting took place at the Golden Dawn's Neo Irakleio offices in Athens.{{cn|date=February 2025}} The attack resulted in two members of Golden Dawn, Manolis Kapelonis and Giorgos Fountoulis, being killed with a third injured.{{cn|date=February 2025}}
= Convictions and Dismantling of Golden Dawn =
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 party members accused of Pavlos's murder ultimately 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.{{cite news|last1=Varouni|first1=Agapi|last2=Mytili|first2=Evdokia|last3=Portsalis|first3=Lefteris|last4=Bakousi|first4=Magda|last5=Melissaris|first5=Spiros|url=https://www.cnn.gr/ellada/liveblog/237415/diki-xrysis-aygis-live-enimerosi-apo-to-cnn-greece|title=Δίκη Χρυσής Αυγής: Ένοχοι για εγκληματική οργάνωση Μιχαλολιάκος και πολιτικά στελέχη|language=el|work=CNN Greece|date=7 October 2020|access-date=11 October 2020}}
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 murdered activists Pavlos Fyssas and Zak Kostopoulos respectively.{{cite news|url=https://www.in.gr/2021/10/13/uncategorized/ereynitis-edose-ta-onomata-tou-paylou-fyssa-kai-zak-se-nea-epistimonika-eidi/|title=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)|website=In.gr|date=13 October 2021|access-date=13 October 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.ethnos.gr/ellada/178180_apth-ereynites-anakalypsan-nea-kyanobaktiria-kai-perasan-ton-paylo-fyssa-kai-ton-zak|title=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|website=Ethnos|date=14 October 2021|access-date=14 October 2021}}{{cite journal|title=Unravelling unknown cyanobacteria diversity linked with HCN production|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|first1=Manthos|last1=Panou|first2=Spyros|last2=Gkelis|date=October 7, 2021|volume=166|page=Article 107322|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107322|pmid=34626811 |s2cid=238532178 }}
Discography
=As featured performer=
"Έχω" – Ανδρείκελος – Οι Παλίρροιες Των Χρόνων (The Tides Of Time) (2007)[http://www.discogs.com/artist/1078010-Killah-P Killah P Discography at Discogs][http://www.4elements.gr/gr/files/nov07/OiPalirroiesTonHronon_AlbumMixtrack(fourelements.gr).MP3 OiPalirroiesTonHronon_AlbumMixtrack.mp3]
Songs
"Σιγά μην κλάψω, σιγά μη φοβηθώ" (Won't cry, won't be scared)
"Για το καλό μου" (For my wellbeing)
"Ζόρια" (Stress)[http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?info=Poems&act=details&poem_id=213029 Tραγούδια και στίχοι του Παύλου Φύσσα]
"Εκτός Ελέγχου" (Out of Control/Anthem){{Citation|title=Παύλος Φύσσας (Killah P) ~ Εκτός Ελέγχου [Anthem]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbaksI_XMQA|language=en|access-date=2021-12-23}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.pavloskillahpfyssas.com/ Pavlos Fyssas official website]
- [https://www.pavloskillahpfyssas.com/%CF%83%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%8D The Cultural Association Against Fascism "Pavlos Killah P Fyssas"]
- [https://sffkillahp.gr/ Solidarity Film Festival Killah P official website]
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