A 39-year-old man called Greek Police short after 6:30 on Thursday evening saying he had killed his wife and her body was in the attic of the apartment they were living in Ambelokipoi district of Athens. It is the 15th femicide in the country in 2024. Police officers rushed to …
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“Monster” police officer accused of sexual abuse of wife and children remanded
The 45-year-old police officer who was serving at the Greek Parliament has been remanded in charges of rape, sexual abuse of minors and domestic violence on Tuesday. The man was arrested last week, following allegations by his 35-year-old wife who is also a police officer and is pregnant in their …
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British expat attempts to kill wife in south Athens. Arrest
An 87-year-old British national was arrested in Palaio Faliro, suburb of south Athens, on charges of attempting to kill his wife. The man is accused of trying to suffocate his 89-year-old bed-ridden wife with a pillow. The victim was transported to Tzaneio General Hospital in Piraeus, where she is currently …
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Doctor and his wife arrested on suspicion of six arson in East Attica
Police arrested a doctor and his wife accusing them of starting six to eight fires in Nea Marki seaside resort in eastern Attica. The teenager son of the wife is being sought by police as accomplice. It was initially the 61-year-old orthopedic doctor and his 50 year-old who were arrested …
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Femicide: Husband shoots down wife, takes his own life
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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Crete: French tourist killed in road accident, wife in critical condition
A 53-year-old French man was killed and his wife was critically injured in a road accident on Thursday in the Chania area of Crete, where the couple were on holiday. The rented car the man was driving was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle at the exit of …
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UPD Femicide: 81-year-old stabs wife to death, attempts suicide
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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Prominent lawyer who brutally beats wife, set free; authorities investigate
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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Femicide: 88-year-old man shoots and kills wife, 84
Femicide in Evia:An 88-year-old man shot and killed his 84-year-old wife on Friday. “I didn’t have a good time with her, I got fed up and killed her,” the elderly perpetrator reportedly told police. he had killed his wife in the head with a double-barreled rifle, while the victim was …
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Femicide: Husband kills wife in their home in Piraeus
A 50-year-old man killed his 54-year-old wife in their family home in Nikaia suburb of Piraeus in the early morning hours of Sunday. It is the first case of femicide in Greece in the year 2023. In a state of intoxication, the man called the police short before 5:30 in …
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Femicide: 81-year-old kills his wife with a sledgehammer
Femicide in Greece: An 81-year-old man hit and killed his 20 years young wife while she was sleeping. The man fatally wounded the 61-year-old victim hitting her on the head with a sledgehammer. He then committed suicide with a knife. According to local media messinialive, the man cut his throat …
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Femicide: Woman dies after husband set her on fire
The 55-year-old woman with disabilities whose husband set her on fire five days earlier died in hospital on Monday. The victim was being treated for severe burns in the face and the body. The woman is the 12th victim of femicide in the country in 2022. The attack took place …
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Man attacks ex wife with acid; domestic violence in Greece almost daily
A 50-year-old man lurked his 49-year-old former wife and attacked her with acid liquid. The victim suffered a serious burn trauma in her one eye and is hospitalized. It is the fourth case of violence against women in Greece in just four days. The attacked took place in Messini, western …
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Femicide in Drama: Man shoots dead wife for asking divorce
Α 63-year-old man shot dead with a rifle his 59-year-old wife in their family home in a village in Drama, northern Greece. He later turned the weapon against himself. It is the fourth femicide in Greece since the beginning of 2022. The victim had asked for divorce, local media report …
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Femicide: Man strangles his wife inside her pharmacy in Kavala
Femicide in Greece: A new tragedy with a woman victim took place in a village of Kavala in northern Greece. A man strangled his wife. He called the police and attempted to commit suicide. The couple has two minor children aged 6 and 10. According the local media proininews, the …
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Man beats wife to death; 16. victim of femicide in Greece in 2021
Femicide in Greece, the 16th in 2021: A man brutally beat his wife and took the severely injured woman to the hospital emergencies in Alexandroupolis, in the North-East of the country. There he claimed she had fallen down the stairs. Four days later, the 29-year-old victim and mother of three …
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Man strangles his wife, 36, in Laconia; 15. femicide victim in Greece in 2021
Α man strangled his 36-year-old wife to death in a village of Laconia, Peloponnese, late on Sunday night. He claimed to police they had a heated argument. The woman is was found on the couple’s bed. She was the 15th victim on femicide in Greece in 2021. The 40-year-old man …
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Man stabs wife to death in Thessaloniki – 14th femicide in Greece in 2021
A 49-year-old man brutally stabbed his wife to death in their home bedroom in Thessaloniki and surrendered to police on Sunday night. It is the 14th femicide in Greece in 2021. Police found the 48-year-old victim in a lake of blood. The woman had injuries in the chest and the …
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Elderly man strangles wife, commits suicide: 12th victim on femicide in Greece
An elderly man murdered his wife in their summer home in Porto Heli on Thursday night. He informed the police about the crime and then he committed suicide. He left a note saying that she was sick and he could not come along with the situation. The woman is the …
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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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