Night knife attacks on immigrants in Athens

Alert DateSeptember 1, 2011 Country: Greece Address: Kalyvia, Athens General Type: Racist violence Racism and discrimination phenomena: Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Daily life

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Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin Albanian, Iranian, Pakistani
Victims Gender Male
Victims Age N/A
Victims Number 4
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Greek
Perpetrator Gender Male
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number 4
Extremist/Organised Group Violence Yes

Night knife attacks against immigrants have reached alarming rates in the southern suburbs of Athens from a group of four perpetrators.
In early September 2011 there were at least 4 bloody incidents, two of them on a single night.
At 2:00 p.m. of Sptember 1st, the specific gang located 2 Iranians in an isolated area and injured both on their legs with machetes. About a half hour later the same scene was repeated in Kalyvia, where the victim was an Albanian immigrant. And the next night a Pakistani immigrant was reportedly attacked by 4 people.
The incidents are not associated by the Police, despite the similarities in their mode of action and common descriptions of the victims for the body types of offenders, who all were speaking Greek.

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