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UPD 8-year-old Roma girl crashed twice by factory door, left there for over an hour (videos)

November 22, 2021 FEATURED, Social, Society 1

An 8-year-old Roma girl found a tragic death when its body was crashed by an electric factory door in Keratsini suburb of Piraeus on Wednesday, November 17. Serious questions arise from the fact that the girl’s body was crashed twice by the metal door and its body remained there for …

Two elderly find tragic death as they try to heat their homes in austerity-hit Greece

January 7, 2015 Society Comments Off on Two elderly find tragic death as they try to heat their homes in austerity-hit Greece

It is not a secret in Greece of strict austerity that the crisis hits most the elderly with low or very basic pensions. It is not a secret also that in Greece of drastic income cuts and high electricity or heating oil prices, people burn to death or die of …

Athens: police guard commits suicide after killing woman with his motocycle

December 23, 2013 Society Comments Off on Athens: police guard commits suicide after killing woman with his motocycle

A police special guard, 28, killed himself in the northern Athenian suburb of Halandri on Sunday after causing a fatal accident killing a senior woman, 75. According to Greek media, the fatal accident occurred in a two-lane road with lots of traffic and no crosswalk for pedestrians at that point. …

Athens: Fare dodger, 19, dies after jumping off trolley bus to avoid ticket fine

August 14, 2013 Society 2

A public transport ticket worth 1.20 euro cost the life of a Greek teenager boy. The young man reportedly jumped off a trolley bus after a dispute with a ticket controller and the trolley driver. The 19-year-old hit his head on the pavement and died a couple of hours later …

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