Aspropyrgos

A man runs up Philopappou Hill under a cloudy sky with the city of Athens visible in the background on Tuesday. Apart from the greater Athens area, the other regional units under strict lockdown are Viotia, Rodopi, Kozani and the islands of Kalymnos and Lesvos.

Authorities have extended a hard lockdown on the western Athens municipalities of Elefsina and Aspropyrgos until Wednesday, January 6, at 6 a.m., Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias told a press briefing on Tuesday, due to their heavy epidemiological burden.

Just a few days after the partial easing of restrictive measures to contain coronavirus cases, the pandemic has surged again in Western Attica, prompting immediate emergency action, with Deputy Minister of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias announcing a ban on movement from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Four men were arrested and one is wanted by police in connection to the killing of a truck driver near the town of Aspropyrgos, in western Attica, on April 8.

Two of suspects, who are all Greek nationals, are underage. Police believe the motive of the crime was robbery.

A truck driver was found dead on Thursday morning inside a vehicle parked in a highway parking near the town of Aspropyrgos, in western Attica, the state-run news agency ANA said.

Police sources cited by the news agency said the victim had a chest injury and authorities are examining all possibilities regarding his death.

Police on Thursday arrested four people in Attica believed to be involved in the sale of 20,600 packets of contraband cigarettes.
A foreign national, 73, and three Greek nationals, 50, 56 and 59, were arrested in coordinated sweeps by Elefsina's port authorities in the Attica municipalities of Moschato and Aspropyrgos.

The capital's main landfill at Fyli, northwestern Attica, is heading for a third enlargement to deal with overflowing waste, as the construction of new facilities to alleviate the problem are reportedly not expected to be ready before 2021-22.

A tobacco smuggling gang that was disbanded on Saturday was led by a retired policeman, according to a spokesman for the Greek Police (ELAS) on Monday.

The former officer, 56, and two other men, 47 and 60, were arrested in coordinated police sweeps in the Attica municipalities of Avlona, Koropi and Aspropyrgos.

The Athens prosecutor's office has ordered an investigation into reports of child abuse at a nursery in Aspropyrgos, western Attica.

According to the claim of one of the mothers who spoke to Skai TV, children would return from the 2nd Nursery of Aspropyrgos with bruises, but were unable to react because they were only 2 years old.

Four rights groups have submitted a motion to sue with a Supreme Court prosecutor over a spate of recent attacks against migrant workers in the industrial town of Aspropyrgos, west of Athens.