Thessaloniki court oversees investigation into assault against LGBT individuals

The nine adults out of 21 arrested for attacking two transgender individuals late on Saturday were released after being presented before the first instance court in the northern port city of Thessaloniki on Monday. 

The Thessaloniki court postponed the trial due to the absence of witnesses.

Earlier on Monday, Greece's Supreme Court requested the Thessaloniki court oversee the police investigation of the incident, as well as the verbal assault on main opposition party SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis, which also took place on Saturday in the port city.

The nine arrested adults from the attack against the two transgender youths face charges of serial verbal abuse with racist motives, with two additionally charged with attempted serial simple bodily harm, also with racist motives. Twelve of the detained were minors and were released on Monday.

The other...