Two held over brutal Katerini murder

Police in northern Greece are holding two suspects who have allegedly confessed to the murder of a 67-year-old retired plumber in the town of Katerini last Sunday, authorities announced on Thursday.

The suspects - a 28-year-old man from Georgia and a 30-year-old Russian woman - are said to be drug addicts who killed the man while robbing his home.

The 67-year-old's body was found by police on Sunday, lying in a pool of blood after being stabbed multiple times. The officers had turned up at the house after ascertaining that the victim was the owner of a car that had been abandoned and set on fire.

Investigators believe the suspects made off in the victim's car after killing him in the course of a robbery. The 28-year-old allegedly pointed police to the spot where he had tossed the knife used in the assault and admitted that he and his accomplice burned the car,...