Coroners

Justice Minister Konstantinos Tsiaras ordered on Wednesday a disciplinary inquiry into a coroner who claimed that an 11-month-old infant who died in a hospital in Athens last week had been sexually abused.

The purpose of the investigation is to establish whether there was any misconduct on the part of Sotiris Bouzianis, one of the coroners that performed the autopsy.

More than 2,000 homes were damaged in this week's deadly wildfire near Athens and roughly a quarter of them will have to be demolished, Greek officials said Friday, revealing more about the disaster that has seen the government face mounting criticism.

A coroner is trying to establish the identity of a skeleton found by a hiker in a duffel bag at the entrance of a cistern in the area of Sounio in southern Attica on Thursday.

Attica police and the medical examiner of Athens University are hoping to get a lead on the deceased's identity and cause of death to determine whether foul play was involved.