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Greek Prison Guards Find Tunnel in Inmate's Cell

A Greek prison is on lockdown after the discovery of a tunnel that could have been used for a future escape. While searching the cell of an inmate, prison guards of the Trikala Prison in Northern Greece found an entrance to...

Romanian Inmate Attacks Prison Guard

A prison guard in Greece at Trikala prison on Monday morning was attacked with a makeshift knife by an inmate of Romanian origin. Other prison officers managed to save their colleague and disarm the prisoner, who is serving a sentence...

Explosion Rocks Larissa Building

A big explosion occurred at 4:05 a.m. on July 20 in a 50-unit apartment building in the central Greek city of Larissa which includes the residence of a prosecutor who had been overseeing the case of Panagiotis Vlastos' attempted...

Trikala Prison Fugitives Probably in Albania

The Greek police, border guards and coast guard officers are still in search of the two dangerous escapees from the Trikala prison who remain at large. However, there is great possibility that the two Albanian fugitives, Marian Kola and Ilir...

Greek Police Chief Leads Fugitive Hunt

Hellenic Police Chief, Lieutenant General Nikos Papagiannopoulos, rushed to Epirus on July 8 to see up close the course of the operation to locate the two dangerous Albanian escapees from the Trikala Prison, and put together a new plan...

New Information on Trikala Escapees Manhunt

On July 2, the police cornered two of the five criminals that escaped from the Trikala Prison last month, and killed them in a shootout in the region of Koniska, Aitoloakarnania. However, there is new information that can possibly reverse...

Cops Kill Trikala Escapees In Gunfight

Greek police said they cornered two escapees from a Trikala Prison escape on July 2 and killed two them in a shootout in the region of of Koniska, Aitoloakarnania. The fugitives were among five who conducted  prison break and had...

Doctor Charged with Raping Niece

The unsuspecting mother trusted her daughter to her brother whenever she went on business trips and he allegedly abused her. This is a new pedophilia case which was brought to light on July 1.  A 44-year old gynecologist in a...

Policeman Killed by Trikala Escapees

After the 25-year-old woman who died in the shootout of the escapees with the police, this time it was a policeman who paid with his life the fury of the killers to escape. The incident occurred on the morning of...

Police Say Bank Robber Prison Escapee

Greek police said that they think a second man involved in an armed robbery that netted 1 million euros in Larissa, central Greece, on May 16 is also a fugitive from a Trikala prison break. Authorities said they matched fingerprints...