A 28-year-old Turkish national arrested over the fatal shooting of his 25-year-old compatriot in the Athens district of Exarchia was brought before the former Evelpidon court complex shortly after 9:30am, having been transferred from police detention at the Athens Police Headquarters (GADA).

A 35-year-old man has been shot dead at close range on a central Athens street in what investigators believe was a targeted contract killing linked to narcotics trafficking rivalries, prompting authorities to transfer the case to the Directorate for Combating Organised Crime.

Tragedy in Exarchia with a minor student of French origin falling from the third floor of a hotel and taking his last breath.