The International Press Institute (IPI) has called on Greek law enforcement authorities to increase their efforts in bringing to justice those responsible for
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April 9, 2021 by archyde
Journalist Giorgos Karaivaz worked for the private Greek television station Star. He specialized in criminal cases.
Posted today at 10:10 p.m.
Giorgos Karaïvaz, journalist for the Greek private television Star, specialized in criminal cases.
AFP
A Greek journalist was killed Friday afternoon by strangers outside his home in Alimos, on the southern outskirts of Athens, a police source said. He specialized in criminal cases.
Giorgos Karaïvaz, journalist for the private Greek television station Star, “was shot and killed instantly,” an official at the Athens police press office told AFP. The news caused a shock in the journalistic community and many media cut off their programs.
Greek PM demands swift probe into reporter’s murder
AFP, ATHENS
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis yesterday demanded the “swift resolution” of a probe into a crime journalist’s murder condemned by leading EU officials, political parties and media unions.
Mitsotakis had summoned Greek Minister of Citizen Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis to a meeting on the case, the prime minister’s office said.
Giorgos Karaivaz, who worked for private TV station Star and also ran the news blog bloko.gr, was shot several times on Friday as he exited his car outside his house in the southern Athens district of Alimos, witnesses said.