Zak Kostopoulos worked as a drag performer under the stage name Zackie Oh.
11 Facts About Zak Kostopoulos
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Zak Kostopoulos was killed on a busy street near Omonoia Square, Athens in broad daylight on 21 September 2018.
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Zak Kostopoulos went abroad again as a young man, and eventually returned to Greece.
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Zak Kostopoulos was the president of the Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece organization.
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Zak Kostopoulos participated in drag performances in Athens under the alias, "Zackie Oh".
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Zak Kostopoulos was killed on 21 September 2018 at Gladstonos Street in the center of Athens, and was buried in the town of Kirra where he grew up.
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Videos of the killing show Zak Kostopoulos unarmed and trying to escape from the store as he is being attacked by the store's owner and another man, a real estate agent who was a high-ranking member of the National Front.
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When police arrived at the scene, despite his injuries, Zak Kostopoulos was apprehended and handcuffed.
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Zak Kostopoulos' family commissioned the UK-based research center Forensic Architecture to investigate his death.
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Six people, including four police officers, the shop owner, and another man who was filmed beating Zak Kostopoulos, were charged with inflicting "fatal bodily harm" causing death.
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Zak Kostopoulos' family wanted his death to be tried as murder.