Bulletproof vest

Police in Mykonos and Athens have arrested four people on suspicion of membership of a gang that operated protection rackets in the two locations.

In a coordinated police operation late Wednesday in Mykonos, the two members of the gang were arrested after collecting protection money from a shop owner.

Police in central Athens have conducted a large-scale sweep targeting people with pending convictions and arrest warrants as well as foreign nationals without residence papers.

Various units participated in the sweep, including security police and officers from the aliens directorate.

The genetic material found in a car containing heavy weaponry in the Neos Kosmos district of Athens last week has been identified by the Hellenic Police (ELAS) as belonging to the two victims of a mafia attack in Korydallos on June 7.

Vassilis Roubetis, 38, and his brother-in-law Dionysis Mouzakitis, 31, were fatally shot in an ambush linked to ongoing gang rivalries.

Police in Athens have found a large cache of weapons in a car that had been reported stolen.

Officers in the Neo Kosmos district performed a check on the vehicle's number plate and established that it had been reported stolen in January.

A police officer of the DIAS motorcycle unit was shot in the abdomen while chasing a thief in western Attica but avoided serious injury because he wore a bulletproof vest. 

The incident occurred on Wednesday night in the industrial area of Aspropyrgos where officers had been called to locate the man who robbed a pedestrian.

Ljubljana – In line with Ukraine’s request for international assistance through the EU’s civil protection mechanism, the government confirmed on Thursday material assistance to Ukraine in the form of demining equipment, which is valued at EUR 36,140, including transport.

New York's new law barring sales of bullet-resistant vests to most civilians doesn't cover the type of armor worn by the gunman who killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket, a gap that could limit its effectiveness in deterring future military-style assaults.

The Council of Ministers decided to provide free of charge to the Government of Ukraine assistance for the protection of its citizens, which consists of personal protection gear - two thousand helmets and two thousand bulletproof vests.

During the archaeological excavations in Canna Creek in Colorado, scientists have come across parts of a 16th-century Spanish gun, the oldest in the world, the Fox News television channel reported.

The find could prove to be proof that the Spanish colonists arrived in America much earlier than was supposed.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said he does not wear a bulletproof vest during trips around Turkey, stressing that he visited the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r last week without a security vest just one day after seven police officers were killed and dozens were wounded in a bomb attack blamed on militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).