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Turkish kindergarten children stage July coup play with fake weapons and death

April 24, 2017 World Comments Off on Turkish kindergarten children stage July coup play with fake weapons and death

A play involving fake weapons and scenes of death staged by kindergarten children in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri has drawn criticism from the authorities and experts. The play, staged to mark National Sovereignty and Children’s Day on April 23, showed children clashing with each other using fake weapons …

Police, Intelligence on alert after weapons, ammunition found in mosque in NE Greece

March 28, 2017 Turkey-GR Comments Off on Police, Intelligence on alert after weapons, ammunition found in mosque in NE Greece

Two guns and a large number of ammunition were found in a mosque in a village in Xanthi, Northeastern Greece, near the borders to Turkey. The imam has been called by the local prosecutor for explanations. Police and national intelligence service on alert. Police search in the mosque of Iliopetra, …

Greek police: 3% of policemen are ‘unfit’ to carry a weapon

March 22, 2017 Greece 4

Shocking data about the ability of Greece’s police. Hundreds of policemen have not undergone checks by special “weapons committees” and from those who have a 3 percent is not capable to carry a weapon. According to a report by daily Eleftheros Typos, there are only two special committees operating in …

UPD2 Three heavily armed Britons arrested near Greek-Turkish Border

February 14, 2016 Very Mix 3

Three men, holders of British passports, were arrested in the town of Alexandroupolis near the Greek-Turkish border on Saturday. All three suspects were reportedly heavily armed and two trailers they were driving were transporting dozens of weapons and thousands of bullets. Bullets & firearms hidden in the two trailers – …

Greek Coast Guard seizes vessel loaded 5K rifles, 500K bullets. Destination: Islamic State in Libya?

September 1, 2015 Very Mix 1

Greece’s Coast Guard seized a cargo vessel loaded with weapons off the island of Crete in the east Mediterranean Sea. According to local media, cargo vessel HADDAD 1 is carrying a Bolivian flag and was sailing from Turkey to Libya. In the early morning hours of Tuesday, units of the …

Greek coast guards ‘catch’ boat with weapons heading to Turkey

July 30, 2013 Turkey-GR Comments Off on Greek coast guards ‘catch’ boat with weapons heading to Turkey

Greek coastal guards and anti-terror units arrested four suspects allegedly carrying weapons to Turkey. In the early morning of Tuesday, coastal guards halted a seven-meter rubber boat sailing between the islands of Chios and Oinousses, just a couple of nautical miles away form the Turkish coast southern of Izmir. The …

Guns in Greek Parliament: MPs to undergo firearms stress tests

May 31, 2013 Politics Comments Off on Guns in Greek Parliament: MPs to undergo firearms stress tests

Do members of the Greek Parliament carry guns but have no idea how to deal with a firearm? It could be possible… The Greek Police announced on Friday that firearms licences have to be re-examined and the licence owner has to prove he has specific knowledge of the gun type he owns, …

Athens prison: Inmate night walk to get … weapon supplies

March 31, 2013 Very Mix 1

Inmates in Korydallos prison come and go in their cells whenever they want. Pictures from prison security camera, show the midnight walk of a prisoner: He climbs down to the yard from the cell window, walks a couple of steps, collects some items apparently thrown in the yard by accomplices …

Athens: anti-terror police finds car full of weapons and cartridges

March 12, 2013 Very Mix Comments Off on Athens: anti-terror police finds car full of weapons and cartridges

Anti-terror police is conducting extensive research in two home in Athens and Piraeus after a a private vehicle was found to contain a weapons arsenal: two kalasnikov assault rifles, three full magazines, three empty magazines, 720 cartridges of 7,62mm diameter, four grenades and a pair of cloth gloves. According to …

Greek FM dismisses claims Al Jazeera claims, Greek ship unloaded weapons in Libya

March 15, 2011 Politics Comments Off on Greek FM dismisses claims Al Jazeera claims, Greek ship unloaded weapons in Libya

Greek Foreign Ministry vehemently dismissed Al Jazeera television network claims that a Greek-flagged vessel unloaded weapons at the port of Tripoli in Libya. In a written statement the Foreign Ministry criticizes the Arabic network for not confirming the information and asks media to show responsibility. Furthermore the Greek Foreign Ministry …