Ambelokipi

Emergency police rushed to an apartment in Athens' Ambelokipi district on Thursday evening after a man called to report that he had murdered his wife. 

Upon arriving, officers found the 39-year-old man in the apartment, who told them that his wife's body was in the attic. 

A 26-year-old man accused of terrorism links because his fingerprint was found inside a plastic garbage bag retrieved from an apartment in Athens' Ambelokipi district that was destroyed by the accidental detonation of explosives in October, was remanded in custody on Saturday, after testifying to an investigative magistrate.

A 26-year-old man whose fingerprint was allegedly found inside a plastic garbage bag retrieved from an apartment in Athens' Ambelokipi district where an explosive device accidentally detonated in October, is one of the chief suspects in a 2020 attack on the former rector of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB).

A 31-year-old man was arrested Monday afternoon in connection with a deadly explosion of an improvised device in an Athens apartment last month.

Police have detained a 30-year-old woman in connection with an explosion at an Athens apartment last week, where an improvised explosive device detonated, damaging an apartment building in the Ambelokipi district.

A burglar died as he tried to flee from an apartment he attempted to rob with an accomplice in the district of Ambelokipi, central Athens, late Wednesday night.

According to police, the man, identified as a Georgian national, broke into an apartment on Valtou Street with an accomplice shortly after 11 p.m.

Police in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, have arrested a Turkish fugitive wanted by the neighboring country for escaping from prison and drug-related crimes.

Greek police launched a manhunt on Thursday to find the perpetrators of an armed robbery in a jewellery store in the Athenian district of Ambelokipi, which left one woman injured.

Greek health authorities are calling for blood donations of blood and blood components to help burn victims from the deadly east Attica fire.

"In difficult times like these, we should all contribute as we can," the National Blood Center said in an announcement on Tuesday, stressing that supplies are currently short because of the summer holidays.