Forensic science

The head of the Greek police's crime lab is calling on the relatives of missing people from the east Attica wildfires to provide DNA samples so that forensic investigators can complete the process of identifying dozens of victims.

Dozens of victims from the east Attica wildfires remained unidentified on Friday as the majority were burned beyond recognition, making it that much harder for authorities to pin down the exact number of people missing from Monday's deadly disaster.

Germany's federal criminal police department says a team of its forensics specialists is in Greece to help officials there identify victims from this week's deadly forest fires.

The police found the body of the Polish tourists who disappeared at the beginning of July in Pomorie.

The body of the 41-year-old woman was found in a further search of wooded areas in the Pomorie area on Saturday morning.

The woman disappeared in early July.

The carcass, at an advanced stage of decomposition, was found in the Krotiria area. The woman hanged herself.

The prosecutor's office in Haskovo accused 46-year-old Gunay Mustafa an intentional murder. The man who is from Kozlec (Haskovo) yesterday shot his wife and his neighbor with his legal hunting rifle.

Today, the 46-year-old man has made full confessions of the case, Darik said.

The body of a woman was discovered in the area of the Chepinska River to Velingrad, said spokesman Miroslav Stoyanov.

As the UNS has been told by the High Public Prosecutor's Office, the case concerning Vujasinovic's death remains in the pre-trial phase.

A 23-year-old woman died on Friday morning in the obstetric-gynecological department of the Kardzhali hospital, the hospital reported.

The woman entered the hospital two hours earlier, in the ninth month of pregnancy with an approaching term.

A 35-year-old Egyptian man was shot dead on Sunday afternoon at Artemida, eastern Attica, police reported.

The victim was found lying on the road close to the Artemida cemetery and was taken by an ambulance to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Five bullet casings were found that the site and transferred for examination at the Forensic Department of Hellenic Police.

The Kalashnikov assault rifle used to kill career criminal Vassilis Stefanakos in January has been found off the coast of Vouliagmeni, southern Athens, police have said.

According to police sources, the file was found by divers last month and handed over to the Coast Guard.