Two teens arrested for attack on metro station manager

Two brothers, aged 15 and 17, were arrested on Friday night in connection with the violent beating of a metro station manager in central Athens on Wednesday, after he asked them to wear a mask in the train.

The two teens verbally attacked the victim and then followed him when he disembarked at Omonoia station, where they punched and kicked him repeatedly. The station manager was briefly hospitalised for his injuries.

Police also arrested an officer of the DIAS motorcycle unit for allegedly assisting them in avoiding arrest. He is expected to face charges of harboring a suspect and breach of duty.

The two teens, who do not have a criminal record, will be led before a prosecutor for juveniles on Saturday.

The identity of the suspects was facilitated by a tip to the police from a person who said that the body type and clothes of the suspects resembled those...