Peristeri

Teen treated after taking anxiety drug

A 13-year-old girl was taken to a hospital in Athens on Thursday after ingesting unknown quantities of an anxiety drug at a house in the district of Peristeri.

The teen was with a friend when, under unclear circumstances, she escaped her aunt's attention and swallowed several pills from a box containing Xanax. The girl was rushed to Attikon Hospital but her health is not at risk. 

Police seeking robbers behind fifth smash-and-grab in Peristeri

Authorities in Athens are seeking the perpetrators behind a robbery in which a car were used to smash through the front windows of an electronics shop before the premises were looted.

The unidentified robbers drove a car through a store in the district of Peristeri, west of central Athens, at around 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, before grabbing valuable items.

Police seeking robbers behind fifth smash-and-grab

Authorities in Athens are seeking the perpetrators behind a robbery in which a car were used to smash through the front windows of an electronics shop before the premises were looted.

The unidentified robbers drove a car through a store in the district of Peristeri, west of central Athens, at around 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, before grabbing valuable items.

Woman dies after falling off state building roof


Police in the district of Peristeri, in western Athens, were investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman who fell off the roof of an Attica regional authority building early on Wednesday.

The victim, who was not identified, was believed to be in her mid-30s.

Police were reportedly treating the incident as a suicide.

Death of state worker believed to be suicide


A municipal sanitation worker plunged from the roof of a six-story building in Peristeri, western Athens, early on Wednesday in what appeared to be a suicide.

The woman, who was reportedly in her mid-30s, had been working in the sanitation unit of the Peristeri municipality for two years on a permanent contract, according to sources.