Food delivery rider charged over drive-by stoning attacks on women

The suspect's scooter appears successful this undated constabulary handout photo. [Handout/Hellenic Police]

A nutrient transportation rider was formally charged Tuesday implicit a string of drive-by stoning attacks that targeted women walking successful the affluent bluish Athens suburbs.

The 28-year-old suspect, who is simply a Pakistani national, was arrested connected Monday successful Nea Erythraia, where galore of the attacks against pedestrians and parked cars took place. An Athens authoritative brought transgression charges against him including for aggregate counts of intentional, grievous bodily harm, attacking a vulnerable person, carrying and utilizing weapons and spot damage.

A constabulary statement Tuesday said the suspect is accused of engagement successful astatine slightest 7 attacks implicit the past 15 days successful Nea Erythraia, Kifissia and Ekali, carried retired successful the afternoons and evenings arsenic helium drove the scooter helium used for work. 

“He engaged successful respective attacks within the aforesaid day, and successful 1 lawsuit attacked and injured an underage girl,” the statement said.

The suspect allegedly threw stones astatine adjacent range, aiming for the face, and 1 woman reportedly suffered terrible injuries including respective breached teeth. Police provided nary denotation of the suspect’s motives.