I (Almost) Got Away With It

Two individuals were arrested following a dramatic police chase in Acharnes, East Attica, on Wednesday.

Shortly before noon, police were alerted to a stolen vehicle outside Acharnes Town Hall. A team from the OPKE crime prevention unit located the vehicle and initiated a pursuit, with support from DIAS motorcycle units.

According to initial reports from the Hellenic Police, the incident began around 11:50 AM when the police received a call about a stolen vehicle outside the Acharnes Town Hall.

Following this, police officers from the DIAS unit spotted the vehicle and signaled for it to stop, but the driver did not comply.

Police on the Cycladic island of Mykonos arrested on Tuesday a 28-year-old Italian national for robbing a tourist and forming a criminal gang.

A 28-year-old Italian man was handcuffed by police officers in Mykonos last Saturday afternoon (31/8) for robbery and membership of a criminal organisation.

A man killed his wife with a hammer last night in Sofia's "Fakulteta" district. After committing the crime, the man fled the scene but was later apprehended near a shop in the same neighborhood.

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a nursing home in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, in April 2020.

Criminal charges have been filed against the two Greek nationals, aged 35 and 31. The police investigation is ongoing to identify their accomplices.

A 22-year-old man was shot in a drive-by attack in the western Athens suburb of Peristeri in the early hours of Tuesday, in what police are treating as a gang-related assault. 

He is currently in hospital receiving treatment for non-life-threatening injuries. 

A 16-year-old boy was killed in Karystos on the island of Evia on Thursday after being struck by a truck driven by a 17-year-old. 

The 17-year-old had taken his father's truck and hit the victim, who was riding a motorcycle. Both teenagers attended the same school. 

Police arrested the 17-year-old and his father for neglecting to supervise a minor. 

A police officer on the island of Mykonos has been arrested after admitting to stealing a gold chain from an inmate at the police precinct's jail. 

The inmate, a Syrian national, was held in police custody for three days last week before being slated for deportation.

Details have surfaced regarding the apprehension of fugitive writer Eylem Tok and her son upon the request of Türkiye 109 days after they fled to the U.S. following a fatal traffic accident in Istanbul, with eyes on the June 18 hearing for their extradition.