Abuse

One in 10 children aged up to 3 years who arrive at the outpatient clinics of the National Health System (ESY) hospitals with injuries are victims of abuse. One in four fractures that occur in children under the age of 3 is, according to research by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA), also due to abuse. 

Three minors, aged 13 and 14, were arrested on the island of Zakynthos, western Greece, for bullying and stealing from a 14-year-old classmate over several months.

The suspects, including two brothers, repeatedly assaulted the boy and stole 300 euros in total. The abuse was exposed when they attacked him in public on Solomos Square, slapping and insulting him.

An announcement has been issued by the brother of the mother accused of parental abduction of her minor children in Rhodes.

In it, she makes it clear that there is no abduction, the children are safe with their mother, and accuses their father of trying to forcibly take them away from their mother.

The statement details:

A 45-year-old man from Pernik has been arrested for inflicting bodily harm in a case of domestic violence, according to the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The incident occurred late last night on "Targovska" street, when a 39-year-old woman was assaulted by the man she lived with, in front of their newborn child.

A 64% increase in domestic violence has been reported this year in the administrative region of Eastern Macedonia-Thrace.

Civil Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis said on Wednesday that police had recorded 465 cases so far in 2024, compared to 284 cases in 2023.

This year, 350 people have been arrested in connection with domestic violence, compared to 197 last year.

A 47-year-old man was found guilty of intimate threats against his ex-girlfriend, whom he was stalking in violation of restrictive measures imposed on him.

A TikTok video has become a key focus for police investigating the death of 17-year-old Nicoletta, who died after falling from the Aposelemi bridge, Crete, into a 50-metre cliff on May 23. According to information from protothema.gr, the video depicts a classmate of Nicoletta’s bullying her online. Additionally, it is reported that the bullying continued at school.

Police in Thessaloniki are investigating a suspected case of elder abuse after an 82-year-old man accused his son of beating him.

State broadcaster ERT on Tuesday reported that the man was admitted to the northern port city's Papanikolaou Hospital on Monday night with injuries to his head and ribs, which, he told the doctor who examined him, had been caused by his son.

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A journalist was arrested on Tuesday afternoon for domestic violence. 

According to sources, the woman, also a journalist, went to a domestic violence unit in downtown Omonia, reporting that her partner had assaulted her.

The woman, visibly injured, provided a hospital report as evidence and is expected to be examined by a forensic doctor.