Safety

The outcry following an armed robbery attempt by four released convicts on the home of an elderly woman in Athens's southern suburbs earlier this week has prompted the Justice Ministry to re-examine a law introduced by the previous minister aimed at decongesting Greek prisons.

The Russian Investigative Committee has identified 22-year-old Akbarzhon Dzhalilov, a Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen, as the suspect believed to have carried out the terrorist bombing in the Saint Petersburg Metro.

Four men, three from Georgia and one from Armenia, invaded an apartment of an old couple on the 8th floor in Palaio Falyro, Athens. The couple, however, managed to notify the police which responded immediately.

Hürriyet columnist Melike Karakartal was attacked on March 28 at her residence by an assailant who introduced himself as a courier. 

French police said on Tuesday they opened an inquiry after a Chinese man was shot dead by police at his Paris home, triggering riots in the French capital by members of the Chinese community and a diplomatic protest by Beijing.

A Greek software company based in the northwestern town of Ioannina is having a global impact thanks to a new app protecting lone workers. "Lone workers" is the term used to describe employees who work in isolation from others, without close or direct supervision of any sort, human or electronic.

The National Police Chief Directorate voiced to media that a total of 14,000 uniformed police officers are to be deployed across Bulgaria during the early parliamentary election on March 26, according to BNR.

There are going to be 7,319 election spots with a total of 12,294 poll stations. The police assure that these are the common measures for such an event.

Two more people have been arrested over Wednesday's terror attack in London, police said on Friday, also giving the attacker's birth name as Adrian Russell and appealing to the public for information about him, AFP reports.

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the terrorist act in London, reported Reuters, citing an information agency close to the jihadists.

The victims of the terrorist attack in London are 4, including the attacker who was shot by police, announced the chief of the anti-terrorist services Mark Rowley. 29 people remain in hospital and the condition of 7 of them is critical.

Seven people have been arrested across the country after the attack in London, confirmed British police, cited by The Guardian.

The authorities searched six addresses as part of the operation because of the attack on Wednesday.