Bias-motivated incidents in Greece

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19 incidents, newest first.

October 2026

• Egyptian student stabbed in group attack outside Athens school

  A group of about 15 youths attacked an 18-year-old Egyptian student and another Egyptian student outside an evening high school in Metaxourgeio, Athens, punching and kicking them; the 18-year-old was stabbed in the lung and hospitalized in serious condition.

  Oct 12 · AthensRacism1 source

• Woman spokesperson verbally attacked and intimidated by party secretary on TV show

  During the TV programme 'Choris Chroma' on ART TV, a party secretary verbally attacked and intimidated the deputy press spokesperson of another party, calling her 'trash' and moving threateningly toward her twice, causing her fear for her physical safety.

  Oct 8Sexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Teacher allegedly racially abuses 13-year-old student at Athens-area school

  A teacher at the 6th Gymnasium of Heraklion, Attica, allegedly told a 13-year-old student that she is black and not from here and should go to her country, and threw her snack packet on the ground.

  Oct 8 · HeraklionRacism1 source

• Man stabs ex-partner and her new partner in Lavrio home invasion

  A 32-year-old man broke into his former partner's home in Lavrio, Greece, and stabbed her and her 33-year-old partner.

  Oct 2 · LavrioSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

September 2026

• Woman found stabbed to death on bike path; ex-partner confesses

  A 25-year-old woman was found dead with multiple stab wounds on a bike path in Igoumenitsa.

  Sep 20 · IgoumenitsaSexism / Gender-Based Violence3 sources

August 2026

• Two Pakistani migrant brothers beaten in racist attack in Patisia

  An unknown assailant punched and kicked two Pakistani migrant worker brothers in Patisia, Athens, shouting a slur about Pakistan, breaking one brother's nose and injuring the other's face.

  Aug 27 · AthensRacism1 source

• Woman reports rape and domestic violence by estranged husband

  A 35-year-old woman in Thessaloniki reported that her 44-year-old estranged husband forced her into sexual acts, hit her in the face, and prevented her from leaving the apartment.

  Aug 23 · ThessalonikiSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

July 2026

• Israeli tourists attacked by mob at hotel in Malia, Crete

  A group of young Israeli tourists returning from a party in Malia, Crete, were chased by a mob shouting antisemitic slogans and armed with sharp objects and air rifles; one Israeli was injured in the head by an air-gun shot.

  Jul 26 · MaliaReligious Discrimination1 source

• Woman beaten by partner in front of their child in Crete

  A 37-year-old man is accused of assaulting his 36-year-old partner at their home in Anissaras, Chersonisos Municipality, Crete, in front of their young child.

  Jul 19 · AnissarasSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Woman beaten by ex-partner in Crete hotel room

  A 27-year-old man traveled from Germany to Crete and attacked his 25-year-old ex-girlfriend in her hotel room in Ammoudara, Heraklion, repeatedly punching and kicking her.

  Jul 11 · AmmoudaraSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

June 2026

• Woman allegedly attacked by ex-husband in Aetolia-Acarnania

  A woman in Aetolia-Acarnania reported that her former husband verbally attacked her and grabbed her by the throat, after which she was taken to Agrinio hospital and filed a complaint with police.

  Jun 28 · AgrinioSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Anti-Zionist patrols harass Jews and Israelis in Thessaloniki

  A left-wing anarchist group organized 'anti-Zionist patrols' through Thessaloniki, Greece, wearing black T-shirts with Palestinian flags, which harassed and intimidated Jews and Israelis on the streets.

  Jun 28 · ThessalonikiReligious Discrimination1 source

• Woman police officer stabbed by husband at home in Drama

  A female police officer was attacked with a knife by her husband inside their home in Drama, Greece, and was hospitalized in critical condition.

  Jun 15 · DramaSexism / Gender-Based Violence4 sources

• Woman killed in Kalamata apartment; husband claims self-defense

  A 39-year-old woman was found dead in her Kalamata apartment after her husband, 41, told police he killed her during a struggle he claimed was self-defense.

  Jun 1 · KalamataSexism / Gender-Based Violence2 sources

• Woman killed by husband in Greece

  A 39-year-old woman was found dead after her husband confessed to stabbing her 45 times, in the first of three femicides recorded in Greece within two weeks.

  Jun 1Sexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

May 2026

• Woman beaten by husband at home in Porto Rafti

  A 36-year-old woman reported that her 39-year-old husband beat her repeatedly on the head at their home in Porto Rafti, in the presence of their baby.

  May 3 · Porto RaftiSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

March 2026

• Mob attacks passersby in central Athens shouting 'Hezbollah'

  In central Athens, a mob attacked passersby while shouting 'Hezbollah, Hezbollah', and swastikas were painted on Israeli flags and antisemitic messages appeared on walls.

  Mar 28 · AthensReligious Discrimination1 source

January 2026

• Three 19-year-olds beaten in Patras over Greek flag shirt

  Three 19-year-olds were attacked by eight masked assailants outside a shop in Patras; one victim was targeted because he wore a shirt bearing the Greek flag.

  Jan 29 · PatrasRacism1 source

• Turkish minority school vandalized in Western Thrace village

  The Turkish Minority Primary School in Karacaoğlan village, in Greece's Western Thrace region, was broken into and vandalized, with doors smashed, cabinets, books and radiators destroyed, and fires lit inside classrooms.

  Jan 4 · KaracaoğlanRacism1 source

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