A 54-year-old man in Crete stabbed to death his 48-year-old ex wife with whom he had four children on Friday morning. Surrounded by police, the perpetrator is currently at the edge of a cliff threatening to commit suicide. According to witnesses from the local community, the man had often spoken …
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Relentless questions on killing of young Roma by Greek police remain unanswered
Relentless questions about the killing of the young unarmed Roma Nikos Sampanis remain unanswered still four days after the shootout in Perama late last Friday. Seven police officers involved in the shooting remain detained in the headquarters of the Greek Police as the communication between the police operation center and …
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Greek justice charges Iraqi man for membership to ISIS
A 34-year-old Iraqi man was who was arrested on Monday was charged for membership to the terror group ISIS on Tuesday. The man has reportedly admitted that he was a fighter of the ISIS and that he withdrew after a battle where he lost one of his legs. The man …
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Man with Nazi tattoo arrested for organized attack at KEERFA anti-fascists in Athens
Police in Athens has arrested a man suspected to have participated in the attacks on anti-fascist group KEERFA in Neo Iraklio on Sunday, where at least four people were injured. The 30-year-old man with a swastika tattoo on his arm was identified from a video on the incident and was …
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Man attacks woman with corrosive liquid outside Piraeus hospital
Police on Monday arrested a 58-year-old man after he attacked a woman with a corrosive liquid. The incident took place outside the Nikaia General Hospital, near Piraeus, shortly after 10 a.m. The man sprayed a so-far unknown substance on the 64-year-old woman after an argument they had in front of …
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Young man missing as summer storms hit western Greece
Α 27-year-old man has been missing since early Thursday afternoon in the Gulf of Amvrakikos, western Greece. The man was reportedly on a boat together with a friend when a storm stroke and he fell off board. His friend informed the Coast Guard that launched a search and rescue operation …
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Man stabs wife to death, claims “jealousy”; second femicide in 12 days
A 40-year-old man stabbed to death his 31-year-old wife in Dafni suburb of Athens and handed himself over to police claiming his motive was “jealousy.” It is the second femicide in Greece in just less than two weeks and the third since May. The murder took place in the bedroom …
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Man swims for hours in rough sea to get help for partner after boat capsizes off Crete
A man swam for over five hours in rough sea to get help for his partner. The 45-year-old had previously managed to get his 39-yea-old girl friend in the safety of a beach cave after their boat overturned off the south coast of Heraklio, Crete, over the weekend. The couple …
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Another femicide: Young man pushes girl friend to death on Folegandros rocky beach
A young man pushed his girl friend into death over a rocky slope of 30 meters on the island of Folegandros and ran away. He was arrested a day later. He confessed claiming that “the phase was foiled, it was the bad time.” The homicide, in fact another femicide in …
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Four injured in Athens suburbs when man runs amok, randomly stabbing passersby
Four people have been injured in Zografou suburb of Athens after a man began to randomly attack passersby with a knife on Wednesday morning. None of the injuries in the hand and legs are considered to be serious. Among the injured is a 17-year-old boy, the owner of a bakery …
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Greek police recover ancient statue of ‘exceptional artwork’
A man has been arrested on suspicion of antiquities smuggling for trying to sell an ancient marble statue of “exceptional artwork” that once likely adorned a temple on Athens’ famed Acropolis or the slopes around it, Greek authorities said Friday. Police said the 5th century B.C. statue was recovered following …
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Limnos police fines man for “exercising” without wearing sports gear and shoes
Police on the island of Limnos has apparently taken its role to monitor that citizens keep the lockdown measures much to seriously and thus to an extend that is beyond any logic. They fined an older man for not wearing sports gear and shoes during exercise. Last month, they also …
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Pseudo-doctor arrested as responsible for the death of 3 people, incl. 2 minors
Greek police arrested a man, a pseudo-doctor, as responsible for the death of three cancer patients. Among his victims were two children, aged 14 and 16, and a 76-year-old man. The man would falsely identify himself as a doctor, convince his victims or their relatives to interrupt the therapies. He …
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Coronavirus Greece: Man, 35, without underlying health issue is the youngest victim
Two more COVID-19 patients died in Greece in the last couple of hours raising the death toll to 119. One of the dead is a 35-year-old man without underlying health problem, media report. e is the youngest victim in the country to have died after infection with coronavirus. The man …
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Chinese man in Athens hospital quarantine over coronavirus suspicion UPD
A Chinese national is in quarantine in Attikon hospital in Athens, tested on suspicion of being infected with coronavirus. The 33-year-old man had traveled to Greece from China ten days ago. He first went to a private hospital in South Athens, with fever and coughing. The doctors alerted the Greek …
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Hero Army Sergeant rescues man hanging from home balcony (video)
A dramatic rescue in Xanthi: an elderly man is hanging over the balcony of his home in the center of Xanthi in Northern Greece. His wife is screaming for help. Passersby are watching not knowing what to do. Until a sergeant of the Greek Army takes action. Sergent Christos Giaourakis …
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Police arrests 27-year-old farmer for the murder of Suzanne Eaton UPD
A 27-year-old suspect has been arrested by police for the murder of US biologist Suzanne Eaton. According to local media, the father of two has confessed the heinous crime that shocked the communities in Crete, Greece and around the globe. The farmer is married and a father of two, he …
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One dead near wildfire area in Fyli, West Athens
A 48-year-old man was found unconscious in the yard of a factory near the wildfire in Fyli area in West Athens on Sunday afternoon. Paramedics of an ambulance tired to revive him but without success. He was transferred to a hospital in Athens where doctors only confirmed his death. According …
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Air Force helicopter transfers Israeli patient from cruiser to Rhodes hospital
Α Israeli citizen, passenger on a cruse ship sailing off the island of Rhodes in the South-East Aegean Sea, felt sick on Thursday morning. His transport ta hospital was considered necessary. A Super Puma Helicopter of the Greek Air Force was assigned with the transfer of the 88-year-old Israeli man. …
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Corfu court sentences man to 33 months imprisonment for shooting his dog
A court on the island of Corfu imposed the maximum sentence so far by a Greek court in the last years to a 67-year-old man who shot his dog. The man was sentence to 33 months on suspension and a fine of 5,300 euros. Additionally, the man should expect the …
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