Greece’s Armed Forces have entered a three-day mourning period after a 19-year-old professional soldier was killed during a scheduled grenade-training exercise on Rhodes, Defence Minister Nikos Dendias announced on Wednesday, November 26.
The fatal incident occurred at the Afantou firing range, where a 39-year-old sergeant training alongside him sustained severe injuries, including the amputation of an upper limb.
Both men were taken to Rhodes General Hospital, where the soldier was pronounced dead.
The sergeant was intubated in critical condition but later stabilised and was transferred to the ICU of the 401 Military Hospital in Athens.
Source: Ekathimerini.
