Shepherd

Bag with two embryos in jars found outside Greek cemetery

Greek police say a black bag left outside a village cemetery in northern Greece contained two jars, each with an embryo in formaldehyde.

The shepherd who found the bag Saturday while tending to his flock in the village of Vryssaki, west of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, called police immediately after he opened it.

Missing teenage shepherd found dead in river; farmer arrested for employing a minor


A 16-year-old boy who had been reported missing was found dead on Monday night in the Pramoritsa River in Kozani, northern Greece.

The unnamed teenager was working as a shepherd for a 50-year-old local livestock farmer when a fellow-shepherd, aged 43, reported that he had gone missing while on the job earlier in the day.

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