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FILE PHOTO: A Greek municipal police officer pictured on patrol in the capital city, Athens.
FILE PHOTO: A Greek municipal police officer pictured on patrol in the capital city, Athens.
Police said the attack occurred in a suburb of the capital when a man wounded passersby apparently indiscriminately with a large knife outside a grocery store.
The attack in the Zografou area of the capital left the sidewalk covered in blood. Police detained the suspect, a Greek man, after entering his basement apartment near the scene of the stabbings.
Four people were hospitalized to be treated for the knife wounds, none of which were life-threatening, authorities said.
Comment: In the past few years, all over the planet seemingly random attacks, often with knives, are on the rise; below is just a small selection of incidents:
- 3 dead after knife attack by Somali immigrant in Germany (25th June)
- Young father executed in street amid spike in violence across US, Democrat activist claims he had it coming (21st June)
- Knife attacker kills six and injures 14 in Chinese city, THIRD incident this month (6th June)
- Man attacks multiple people with knife near train station in Frankfurt, Germany (26th Jan)
- Austrian attacker was under surveillance as known jihadist but 'mistakes' led to investigation being dropped (Nov 2020)
- Deadly knife attacker in Dresden was under German 'intelligence surveillance' on the day of the attack (Oct 2020)
- China school stabbing: Video shows blood-soaked kids rushed to hospital after security guard stabs 39 (June 2020)
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