Thessaloniki police

A riot police unit stationed outside the Turkish Consulate in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, was attacked early Monday by unidentified assailants throwing Molotov cocktails. The incident occurred at approximately 5 a.m. on Agiou Dimitriou Street. No injuries were reported, according to police.

Two individuals accused of robbing and raping a 23-year-old in Thessaloniki and then posting the act online have been arrested by the police.

Thessaloniki police arrested a 43-year-old local man and a 33-year-old foreign national, who have been charged with rape, robbery, and violating personal data laws. They are expected to appear before a prosecutor.

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A 36-year-old man was arrested in the town of Mesolongi on Friday for the illegal possession of antiquities which he had attempted to sell on the internet, following an operation of the Cultural Heritage Department of the Thessaloniki Police.

The ancient objects were being kept in a warehouse in Athens.

The body of a 41-year-old pregnant woman from Thessaloniki who had been missing since New Year's Day was found inside a trunk in a remote area of Halkidiki, northern Greece on Monday.

A woman died on Monday morning after being hit by a commercial train near the Thessaloniki Police Headquarters in the area of Menemeni, state-run news agency AMNA reported.

The police is looking into the case while authorities are waiting for the train driver's statement to determine he circumstances of the accident.

A 53-year-old man was arrested in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, for sexual harassment of a minor.

The incident was reported by the parents of a 10-year-old girl who alleged that the man had made obscene gestures towards her.

The complaint was made to the child protection unit of Thessaloniki police, which is currently investigating the case.

Police in Thessaloniki have remanded in custody 14 individuals in connection with a violent attack by groups of far right hoodlums on members of the Greek Communist Party Youth (KNE) who were distributing party pamphlets in Eleftherias Square.

The rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Nikos Papaioannou, testified on Friday in the context of the preliminary investigation carried out by Thessaloniki police into allegations by former students that they were sexually harassed by professors.

Following a spike in complaints of police brutality, the Citizens' Protection Ministry is reinstating a 2010 directive obliging riot police officers (MAT) to clearly display their name and badge number.