Prosecutor to probe attacks on refugees

Greece's Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou has ordered an investigation into whether two incidents involving attacks on migrants should be treated as racially motivated and charges should be brought against individuals involved in the assaults.

The first case relates to a decision by a parents' association on the Aegean island of Samos to withdraw children from a local school in protest at the presence in classrooms of refugees from the island's reception center.

The second case relates to an attack last Friday by a group of around 70 residents of Vilia, west of Athens, on a hotel hosting refugees. Some of the protesters lobbed petrol bombs and stones at the hotel and broke down the door while others threatened refugees, according to representatives of refugee aid groups.

The probe comes as aid organizations warn of a spike in racist attacks against...