Police investigating teen attacks in Athens

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Police are investigating two abstracted attacks against teenagers that took spot successful Athens connected Sunday night, saying the two incidents whitethorn beryllium linked.

The archetypal victim, a student aged 15, was hanging retired with friends astatine the country of Vouliagmenis Avenue and Ilia Iliou Streets successful the territory of Neos Kosmos, when the radical was  approached by astir 10 suspects who asked them where they were from and then assaulted them with knives. The teen was injured connected the backmost and thigh and was transferred to the Aglaia Kyriakou Children’s Hospital for treatment. 

When officers arrived astatine the infirmary to take his testimony, they recovered a 2nd teen, aged 14, who had besides been attacked successful a akin manner connected the aforesaid night, two blocks distant from the archetypal victim. 

Authorities said the two attacks stock communal characteristics and person identified two suspects who whitethorn person been involved.