Attack on 80-year-old woman in Viktoria Square – broken nose and injuries across body
A group of five people attacked an 80-year-old woman and her daughter at the intersection of Ellopia and Alcibiades streets on Friday evening. The elderly woman was hospitalised at Evangelismos Hospital with a fractured nose.
Violent robbery in Viktoria Square – 80-year-old woman with fractured nose
A serious assault against an 80-year-old woman in Viktoria Square was publicised by her daughter, journalist Christina Galanopoulou, through a post on social media. According to Ta Nea, the incident took place on Friday 11 September at approximately 20:30 at the intersection of Ellopia and Alcibiades streets.
According to the complaint, five people attacked the two women with the intention of robbery. One of the perpetrators pushed the daughter when she attempted to intervene, whilst a second punched the 80-year-old woman in the face and attempted to snatch her handbag. The elderly woman was reportedly dragged by a chain she was wearing around her neck, which eventually broke, resulting in her falling face-first onto the asphalt. The remaining perpetrators, according to the same account, remained around the two women creating a disturbance until the attack was completed.
Galanopoulou describes how her mother was bleeding and could not stand on her feet. The ambulance service, as she reports, failed to reach the scene, and the injured woman was eventually transported by private car to Evangelismos Hospital with the assistance of police officers and local residents. At the hospital, a fractured nose was confirmed, as well as bruises and injuries in multiple locations on her body. Her daughter sustained minor injuries to the neck and reports being in a state of shock.
According to the post, shortly after the incident two plainclothes police officers went to Evangelismos Hospital to take statements. Galanopoulou also reports that the alleged perpetrators were located and arrested shortly before entering their homes in a nearby area, and that the police officers asked the two women to carefully confirm their identification.
In her post, Galanopoulou directs questions towards Athens Mayor Charis Doukas and Minister for Civil Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis, calling on them to assume their respective responsibilities. She makes particular reference to Viktoria Square, Agios Panteleimon, Kypseli and Metaxourgio, denouncing deterioration, public safety problems and drug trafficking. She also cites an incident on 15 August, during which, as she states, a priest in Agios Panteleimon publicly requested the assistance of the competent authorities.
At the same time, the complainant makes clear that she does not wish for the incident to be exploited for targeting people based on origin or for political purposes. She states that she reserves the right to pursue every lawful recourse against those she considers politically responsible for the conditions prevailing in the neighbourhood.
Source: Ta Nea