A 16-year-old Afghan teenager was stabbed and killed at around dawn on Wednesday, by a 20-year-old Afghan man, a short distance from the north gate of the Moria Reception and Identification Centre (RIC) on the island of Lesvos. The 16-year-old was rushed to Mytilene Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

A 45-year-old grill owner in Thessaloniki lost his life following a knife-related injury, according to a forensic report.

Police have arrested a 35-year-old man, over the alleged stabbing of the mayor of Elefsina, Giorgos Tsoukalas, on Monday.