Last week Greece was faced with horror scenes that looked taken from a slasher movie.
At least 34 Bangladeshi workers ended up in the hospital after
they were shot by land caretakers in the strawberry fields in Nea
Manolada, Ilia. More then 150 angry foreign workers from Bangladesh and Egypt who were unpaid for at
least six months had gathered demanding to be paid for their work.
Instead they were shot by the business’s caretakers.
According to the victims’ testimonies, at least three people with hunting rifles suddenly starting shooting at them. Pandemonium followed with gory workers trying to hide in the nearby fields and gunmen chasing them.
The injured were taken to hospitals and health centers of the region and the most seriously injured were transported by ambulances to hospitals of Patras. Five people were hospitalized in critical condition with wounds all over their body from the shots.
As the Greek police revealed, they arrested the owner of the company while they are still searching for the three caretakers. Information indicates that the perpetrators fled by car to Patras.
The police, however, said that one of the three company employees opened fire.
This is not the first time similar events involving foreign workers in the region are reported.
Sources say that one of the three care takers was involved in a similar violent outburst against an Egyptian worker who dared to ask for his money. The worker was dragged behind the car while hanging from the car door and left unconscious at the side of the road.
The Serious incidents having to do with the wages of foreign workers had broken out last May.
Sources:
http://icantrelaxingreece.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/immigrant-workers-shot-in-nea-manolada/
http://tvxs.gr/news/blogarontas/nea-manolada-ileia-kolombia
According to the victims’ testimonies, at least three people with hunting rifles suddenly starting shooting at them. Pandemonium followed with gory workers trying to hide in the nearby fields and gunmen chasing them.
The injured were taken to hospitals and health centers of the region and the most seriously injured were transported by ambulances to hospitals of Patras. Five people were hospitalized in critical condition with wounds all over their body from the shots.
As the Greek police revealed, they arrested the owner of the company while they are still searching for the three caretakers. Information indicates that the perpetrators fled by car to Patras.
The police, however, said that one of the three company employees opened fire.
This is not the first time similar events involving foreign workers in the region are reported.
Sources say that one of the three care takers was involved in a similar violent outburst against an Egyptian worker who dared to ask for his money. The worker was dragged behind the car while hanging from the car door and left unconscious at the side of the road.
The Serious incidents having to do with the wages of foreign workers had broken out last May.
Sources:
http://icantrelaxingreece.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/immigrant-workers-shot-in-nea-manolada/
http://tvxs.gr/news/blogarontas/nea-manolada-ileia-kolombia
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