Video of onslaught by 28-year-old Pakistani courier published successful Greecewho, according to police, threw stones astatine passers-by successful the bluish suburbs of Athens. Most of the victims are women.
Footage shown by the TV transmission Starcaused a wide resonance: the video shows however a antheral attacks a woman who was calmly walking down the street with a canine connected Tatoi Avenue.
How the attacker acted
Video of a Pakistani antheral throwing stones astatine unsuspecting women successful Kifissya pic.twitter.com/TSCWYuSCmm
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According to Greek media, the attacks occurred suddenly. A antheral drove up connected a motorcycle, threw a stone astatine a passerby and disappeared.
In 1 case, a woman suffered a facial wounded and was taken to hospital. According to protothema.grpolice nexus the suspect to astatine slightest six attacks – against 5 women and 1 man.
The wide handwriting, according to investigators, was the same: sudden approach, throwing a stone astatine adjacent scope and rapidly leaving the scene.
Where did the attacks take place?
According to authorities, the bid of attacks continued for astir 12 days. Complaints were received from residents of the pursuing areas:
- Kifissia;
- Ekali;
- New Eritrea.
In total, according to Greek media reports, nary little than 8 complaints from citizens who claimed to person been attacked for nary evident reason.
Most of the victims were women who were walking on the streets during mean daylight hours and did not expect to beryllium attacked.
Detention and charges
The 28-year-old antheral was detained connected Monday day successful New Eritrea aft the cognition of employees Department of Prosecution and Crime Detection of Kifisya together with the radical ΔΙ.ΑΣ. (motorcycle constabulary unit).
According to iefimerida.grthe arrestee is being prosecuted connected 1 felony complaint and 5 misdemeanor charges.
Among the articles that look successful the lawsuit are: grievous bodily harmcausing bodily harm to defenseless persons and damaging different people’s property.
Migration status issue
Information astir the detainee’s migration status caused a special resonance. According to Starthe antheral had been successful the state without valid extortion status since 2023 and was owed to beryllium removed, but continued to work arsenic a transportation man.
Parallel Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum reported that by bid of the Minister Thanos Pleuris a reappraisal has been launched into the anticipation of canceling the ineligible status of foreigners accused of actions that airs a menace to nationalist order.
How it conveys Naftemporikisuch verification concerns, successful particular, cases connected Simi and successful Kifissye.
However, the inspection itself does not mean automatic deportation. We are talking astir the process for assessing status, grounds for stay and imaginable administrative consequences.
Residents’ reaction
The lawsuit has caused superior interest among residents of the bluish suburbs Athens. The attacks did not hap successful a transgression zone, but successful areas that are considered calm and secure.
This is what made the story particularly painful: the victims were not progressive successful the conflict, did not provoke the attacker and were simply connected the street successful a mean mundane situation.
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