Greek authorities say ten folks have been hospitalised with burns after allegedly being attacked with a caustic liquid in Athens.
The incident occurred throughout a gathering of senior church officers late Wednesday, officers say.
Seven senior members of Greece’s Orthodox Church had been amongst these injured within the assault, allegedly carried out by a priest.
A police officer who helped restrain the suspect was additionally injured, as had been a lawyer and a presiding clergyman.
They had been transferred to state hospitals for remedy, and two clergymen had been described as being in a extra severe situation.
Police mentioned it was not instantly clear what liquid was used, however added that the victims had been being handled for burns.
The 37-year-old priest, who was dealing with the listening to for alleged drug-related offenses, was arrested unhurt and has been detained for questioning. The motive for the assault was not instantly clear.
“I categorical my disgust at this unprecedented occasion,” Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said on Twitter.
The nation’s well being minister, Vassilis Kikilias, has visited an Athens hospital the place the bishops had been initially handled, joined by Archbishop Ieronymos, the chief of the Greek church.
Ieronymos instructed reporters he was “deeply saddened” by the assault however relieved that not one of the accidents had been thought of by docs to be life-threatening.
Well being Minister Kikilias mentioned 4 of the bishops had been extra flippantly injured and had been receiving first support, whereas one was transferred to the cosmetic surgery unit of one other hospital and the opposite two may additionally be transferred to different specialised models.
