Tension at Moria camp following second death

Tensions were high at the overcrowded Moria camp on Lesvos on Friday following the fatal stabbing of a 20-year-old Yemeni migrant at the facility on Thursday night - its second death this year.

Police on Friday arrested a 27-year-old foreign national in connection with the stabbing, which occurred following an altercation between the two men.

The suspect, about whom no other personal details were made available, is said to have stabbed the victim several times. He faces voluntary manslaughter and weapons charges, police said.

The death was the second at the camp this year following that of a 20-year-old Congolese man who was stabbed on New Year's Eve by a 27-year-old Afghan national who had sought to steal his cellphone.

In intensive care since the incident, the 20-year-old died of his injuries on Wednesday.

Tensions are still simmering at camps...

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