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Fire department officials in Greece arrested two men Saturday for allegedly deliberately setting fires, while hundreds of firefighters battled wildfires that have killed at least 21 people in the ...
Greek authorities have arrested dozens of people on arson-related charges as deadly wildfires – the largest ever recorded in the European Union – rage across the country.
According to a senior climate crisis official, 667 fires were caused by a "human hand", blaming either negligence or arson. [7] 79 arrests were made as of late August.[2]By 25 August, officials had arrested 163 people on fire-related charges since the start of the fire prevention season, including 118 for negligence and 24 for deliberate arson, and the police had made a further 18 arrests ...
The crew members of a yacht accused of starting a forest fire last week on the Greek island of Hydra are expected to deny arson charges when they appear before a judge on Wednesday, a legal source ...
As of 8 August, 5 people have been arrested for arson in the respective areas of Perama, Kalamata, Messenia, Petroupoli and Philopappou. [16] On 9 August, the prosecutor of Greece's Supreme Court, Vassilios I. Pliotas, called for an investigation into a possible organized arson plot on the part of a "deliberate organized criminal activity" that may have been behind the fires which torched ...
Greek fire was an incendiary weapon system used by the Byzantine Empire from the seventh to the fourteenth centuries. The recipe for Greek fire was a closely-guarded state secret ; historians have variously speculated that it was based on saltpeter , sulfur , or quicklime , but most modern scholars agree that it was based on petroleum mixed ...
In various sites in Europe, arson attacks were triggered by incendiary devices in packages. In England, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Germany, logistics and commercial facilities were attacked by incendiary devices. Russia is considered the main suspect in the arson attacks across Europe, which authorities consider to be acts of sabotage.
Wildfires that ravaged several seaside towns in Greece killing dozens are suspected to have been caused by arson. Authorities say Greek wildfires that killed 83 people may have been caused by ...