Greek officials on Tuesday ordered an immediate investigation into a woman’s fatal stabbing outside a police precinct in Athens, where she had just requested protection from an ex-boyfriend.
According to Fox News, the 28-year-old woman requested a patrol car to take her home for protection, however, because she declined to make a formal complaint, she was directed to contact the police via their emergency line to send a vehicle.
The statement said she made the call on her way out of the precinct. But “while she was talking to a police operator she was suddenly attacked by her former partner, who fatally injured her with a knife.”
The woman’s 39-year-old former partner was arrested and was being treated in a psychiatric hospital under police supervision after reportedly stabbing himself following the incident.
Greece’s President, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, expressed her shock over the killing.
“The murder … yet another femicide, shakes and angers us,” she said in a statement. “It shows … the urgent responsibility authorities have to fight gender-based violence and crime”, Sakellaropoulou said.
The police statement also declared that members of the force are trained to specifically respond to gender-based violence, following protocols “that are constantly updated.”
The Athens stabbing was the sixth femicide reported in Greece so far this year; in 2023, 15 were reported.
Source: Fox News
