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School-related assaults in Greece

Overview

Recent incidents of physical violence involving students have been reported in different Greek regions.

In Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, a 12-year-old boy was subjected to verbal abuse and physical assault by classmates. The attack occurred both inside a junior high school and outside the premises after school hours. Two minors physically assaulted the victim while a third filmed the incident for social media. Police arrested three minors and their parents, totaling eight individuals in custody.

In Kalamata, a 17-year-old boy was attacked by a former classmate while walking to school. Video footage captured the assailant chasing and pinning the teenager down, striking him with punches and kicks to the head. The victim’s mother intervened after hearing him call for help, and the teenager was subsequently hospitalized with serious facial injuries, including a suspected bone fracture.

Entities

Lasithi · Agios Nikolaos

Timeline

  1. [CRIME] 7 sources
    Kalamata: 17-year-old assaulted by former classmate

    A 17-year-old in Kalamata, Greece, was brutally assaulted by a former classmate while heading to school, according to video footage and a police report filed by the victim's mother.

  2. [CRIME] 5 sources
    Agios Nikolaos: 12-year-old boy assaulted by classmates

    Police in Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, arrested three minors and their parents after a 12-year-old student was bullied and physically assaulted by classmates, an attack that was filmed and shared on social media.

Sources

anagnostis.org · archive.in.gr · ipaidia.gr · lamiareport.gr · lawandorder.gr · newsbomb.gr · tanea.gr · thebest.gr · thenewspaper.gr · thessnews.gr · thetoc.gr · tlife.gr