{"id":15492,"date":"2026-05-05T16:08:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/food-delivery-rider-charged-over-drive-by-stoning-attacks-on-women\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:08:47","slug":"food-delivery-rider-charged-over-drive-by-stoning-attacks-on-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/food-delivery-rider-charged-over-drive-by-stoning-attacks-on-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Food delivery rider charged over drive-by stoning attacks on women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1302868\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/stoning_attacks-320x200.jpg?v=1777993035\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/stoning_attacks.jpg?v=1777993035\" alt=\"Food delivery rider charged over drive-by stoning attacks on women\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/stoning_attacks-960x600.jpg?v=1777993035\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>The suspect&#8217;s scooter appears in this undated police handout photo. [Handout\/Hellenic Police]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A food delivery rider was formally charged Tuesday over a string of drive-by stoning attacks that targeted women walking in the affluent northern Athens suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old suspect, who is a Pakistani national, was arrested on Monday in Nea Erythraia, where many of the attacks against pedestrians and parked cars took place. An Athens prosecutor brought criminal charges against him including for multiple counts of intentional, grievous bodily harm, attacking a vulnerable person, carrying and using weapons and property damage.<\/p>\n<p>A police statement Tuesday said the suspect is accused of involvement in at least seven attacks over the past 15 days in Nea Erythraia, Kifissia and Ekali, carried out in the afternoons and evenings as he drove the scooter he used for work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe engaged in several attacks within the same day, and in one case attacked and injured an underage girl,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect allegedly threw stones at close range, aiming for the face, and one woman reportedly suffered severe injuries including several broken teeth. Police provided no indication of the suspect\u2019s motives.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1302868\/food-delivery-rider-charged-over-drive-by-stoning-attacks-on-women\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suspect&#8217;s scooter appears in this undated police handout photo. [Handout\/Hellenic Police] A food delivery rider was formally charged Tuesday over a string of drive-by stoning attacks that targeted women walking in the affluent northern Athens suburbs. 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