{"id":2200,"date":"2026-05-22T10:22:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=2200"},"modified":"2026-05-23T06:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T03:58:54","slug":"athens-37-year-old-albanian-arrested-for-church-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/athens-37-year-old-albanian-arrested-for-church-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"Athens: 37-Year-Old Albanian Arrested for Church Robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_70\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>A 37-year-old foreign national of Albanian origin attacked and robbed a man inside a sacred church in Omonia. The Police quickly located and arrested him despite his fierce resistance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the information released, the incident occurred on Friday afternoon. The perpetrator approached the victim inside the church, immobilized him with a chokehold, and snatched a pouch containing personal belongings.<\/p>\n<p>Patrolling officers from the Athens Police Department\u2019s Patrol Subdivision were alerted by a citizen who had witnessed the event. They immediately launched a search and found the 37-year-old as he was trying to escape.<\/p>\n<p>Although the suspect put up strong resistance, the officers managed to subdue him. He was then taken to the Omonia Crime Suppression and Investigation Department, where a case was filed against him for robbery. He was brought before the competent Prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>The incident caused concern in the area, as it took place in a place of worship where many citizens seek peace and security. Authorities continue to investigate the case thoroughly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 37-year-old Albanian national was arrested after attacking and robbing a man inside a church in Athens on Friday afternoon, with police subduing him despite his fierce resistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":2201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[1958,158,1959,100,4024,594,242,138,1956],"nfg_topic":[136],"class_list":["post-2200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-albanian-suspect","tag-athens","tag-church-robbery","tag-greece","tag-greece-conservative-parties","tag-greece-crime","tag-hellenic-police","tag-migrants-criminality","tag-omonoia","nfg_topic-christianity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2200"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2555,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200\/revisions\/2555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2200"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=2200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}