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A 55-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after he was caught by a secret security camera to sexually abuse an 84-year-old woman suffering from dementia. The secret camera were installed in the victim’s bedroom by her son. The arrested man is the husband of the caretaker of the victim. According …

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A 13-year-old girl on the island of Lesvos reported that she was raped by two young men. Weeks later she attempted to end her life by swallowing pills and ended up in hospital. There she told her parents about the rape and they turned to the police. She alleged that …

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A 55-year-old taxi driver has been arrested for assaulting a 33-year-old transgender woman and her companion. The woman underwent surgery and has been hospitalized. The incident took place in central Athens early Thursday morning, September 26, 2024. According to the police report, the 33-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man hailed …

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Α 14-year-olf boy was arrested after he threatened to “smash” the face of a teacher. The incident took place in a school in Alimos, suburb of southern Athens, on Wednesday. The teacher had summoned the boy to the principal’s office after she caught him using a mobile phone in the …

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Violent incidents among teenagers have gone out of control in recent days with Greece’s authorities apparently unable to find solutions to a social problem that is growing day by day. Whether inside or outside the school, incidents of brutal violence seem are getting more frequent, the severity of conflicts between …

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A 65-year-old  school principal in Achaia, western Greece, was arrested on teusday for allegedly sexually harassing a 14-year-old female student. According to the complaint filed by the student’s father, the 65-year-old allegedly made gestures and remarks towards the teen during two classes. The student informed her parents upon returning home, …

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A 43-year-old woman has allegedly confessed to stabbing her brother to death after a quarrel over a glass of water. Both, the woman and the 46-year-old victim, have been suffering from mental disabilities and have been living alone in the family apartment after their parents’ deaths a few years ago. …

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One in 10 children aged up to 3 years who arrive at the children clinics of the National Health System (ESY) hospitals with injuries are victims of abuse. 25% of all fractures in children under the age of three is also due to abuse and 3% to 5% of these …

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Police in Thessaloniki arrested a 60-year-old priest for domestic violence and threats against his 48-year-old wife. The priest was arrested after his wife filed a complaint with the police, alleging that her husband threatened her during a fight at home the previous night. The reason for the fight was the …

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A 18-year-old girl in the northern city of Thessaloniki was charged with rape, following a complaint filed by a 20-year-old man earlier this week. The act attributed to Greek-American woman was allegedly committed last Tuesday afternoon in an abandoned house, northeast of the city. The victim told the police that …

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A court decision to release without restrictions three suspects of a rape case on the island of Mykonos has triggered sharp criticism and a joint statement of Greece’s Supreme Court and the Chief Prosecutor’s office. The suspects, all Pakistani nationals, are at risk to leave the country. The three men …

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A man and a woman have been arrested in northern Greece for assaulting a bus passenger because of her race. The two arrestees, a 37-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man,  are facing hate crime charges. The incident took place in a public bus in the city of Thessaloniki on Monday …

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Femicide in Greece: A 65-year-old man shot his 59-year-old wife dead and then took his own life in Lamia, Central Greece, on Monday afternoon. According to local media lamiareport.gr, it was neighbors in the suburb Pangrati of Lamia of the couple who heard loud sounds of a gun and informed …

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A 49-year-old man, victim of domestic violence, received a so-called Panic Button after he complained to Police in Chania, Crete, that he was assaulted by his 47-year-old wife. The man who arrived in panic at the city’s police station, asked for and received a Panic Button for his protection. He …

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A 15-year-old boy was severely beaten by his father and his uncle after he came out as gay. The boy was found bleeding all over his face in the square of a settlement in Patras, western Greece, a few days ago. Locals found the victim, called for an ambulance and …

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A journalist at state broadcaster ERT has been arrested for brutally beating his partner, also a journalist in the same facility. The victim sustained facial fractures and reported the perpetrator to police after she visited the hospital. According to media information, the beating took place on Sunday night. The next …

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Greek police made 61 arrests on Sunday, of which approximately half were in Attica, Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis said on Tuesday in an interview with the ERTnews TV, referring to the issue of domestic violence. In addition, Chrisochoidis emphasised that there have been 550 incidents of domestic violence over …

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One more femicide in Greece: An 81-year-old man murdered his 73-year-old wife with a screwdriver in Alexandroupolis, north-eastern Greece on Friday morning. Following the crime, he attempted to commit suicide by drinking bleach. According to local media, neighbors saw the man on the balcony shouting “I killed my wife!”  They …

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Greece’s Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis announced 13 of amendments and additional provisions aiming at tackling a rising social problems as the number of domestic violence incidents have been increasing on daily basis. The new laws do not increase sentences to offenders, however, it tightens provisions for the pre-trial period. 1,000 …

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Α well-known and successful criminal lawyer has been arrested for the brutal beating of his wife, also a lawyer and counselor for domestic violence. 52-ear-old Apostolos Lytras appeared before a prosecutor on Monday to answer charges of severe intentional bodily harm of his 37-year-old wife, Sofia Polyzogopoulou. With swollen face, …

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