Lesvos suspect faces assault charges for brutal attack on Bangladeshi man

A 29-year-old Greek man is due to face a prosecutor on assault and possibly hate crime charges on Wednesday after attacking a Bangladeshi worker with a tire iron on the island of Lesvos over the weekend.

The incident occurred on Saturday in the parking lot of a major supermarket in the island's capital, Mytilini, where the 45-year-old Bangladeshi man helped customers carry their shopping, returned abandoned carts and occasionally peddled seasonal products like Greek flags on national holidays.

According to a report from the ANA-MPA news agency on Tuesday, the incident started when the Bangladeshi man reprimanded the 29-year-old for parking in a disabled spot, after which the suspect exited his vehicle, grabbed a tire iron from the trunk and began hitting the older man repeatedly while shouting racist slurs.

The suspect then fled the scene, leaving the injured man...

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