Iraklio University Hospital

A 69-year-old shepherd was critically injured in a shooting at his farm in Vilandredo, Rethymno, on Friday morning.

He was transferred to the ICU at Iraklio University Hospital, where he underwent surgery for gunshot wounds to his limbs and spine, as well as bleeding from his femoral artery. The victim also suffered mouth injuries, possibly inflicted with scissors.

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl has been hospitalized with serious injuries on the southern island of Crete, leading to child abuse and endangerment charges against her mother and her partner.

A 2.5-year-old girl who was run over by her father when he put his pickup truck on reverse without noticing she was behind the vehicle died Saturday afternoon.

The accident happened Tuesday.

The girl, who had severe brain injuries, was on a ventilator in an intensive care unit at the Iraklio University Hospital on the island of Crete.

A 4-year-old boy was in critical condition on Friday after falling from the balcony of his family's second-floor home in the Cretan port of Iraklio.

Local police are investigating the circumstances of the fall which left the toddler with serious injuries to his head and chest.