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Two local men on the large island of Crete were taken into custody early Tuesday morning on charges of assault and attempted assault against a group of German tourists four days ago, a “road rage” incident that generated intense media coverage and led to a police manhunt for the pair.

Greece’s top political and military leadership on Tuesday visited the Souda Bay airbase on Crete, as the specific facility is hosting the Greek-US joint training exercise “Poseidon’s Rage 22”.

Local authorities chose the hot air balloon flights to promote the Lassithi Plateau, its special geomorphology, and to boost tourist flows, following a different approach, that for those who dare, has become an obsession.