Two arrested after Pakistani man alleges gang rape and assault in Thessaloniki

The alleged attack

According to a complaint the 41-year-old Pakistani man made to police, the assault happened at dawn on Tuesday, 27 October, in an outdoor area of Agioi Pantes in western Thessaloniki. He told officers that six compatriots beat him and raped him as a group, while one of them filmed the attack. He also said another member of the group wounded him in the hand with a knife. The complainant then said he was put on a motorcycle, driven to the city centre and thrown into the Thermaikos Gulf. An EKAB ambulance took him to a Thessaloniki hospital, where he received first aid and then left.

Arrests and case file

The arrests followed the complaint, and police from the Lefkos Pyrgos crime investigation unit located two of the alleged attackers in Ampelokipoi on the morning of 28 October. Both men are from Pakistan and are aged 40 and 34. According to police, a case file was opened against each of them for rape, attempted homicide and violations of the weapons law and the personal data protection law. The two are reported to be among the six people named in the complaint. They are due to be brought before the competent prosecutor.

Open questions

Police investigations are continuing, and the reports available so far do not say whether the other four people named in the complaint have been identified. Every detail of the assault comes from the complainant's account to police, and none of it has been tested in court. The complainant received first aid at the hospital and then left, with no further medical details given in the reports. The two men were arrested the morning after the attack, following the complaint. The next step is the prosecutor's handling of the two men and the case file.