Road rage: From a 23-year-old’s broken leg in Pangrati to killings over a wrong turn

Last November, successful Neos Kosmos, a 58-year-old antheral was beaten to decease pursuing an statement with a motorcyclist who, according to the victim, had chopped him off. Years earlier, successful the summertime of 2007, 2 brothers cold-bloodedly killed a 29-year-old antheral successful Agios Ioannis quadrate successful Agia Paraskevi.

They had been looking for him for 7 months aft helium argued implicit close of mode with their younger brother. When they yet recovered him, they killed him without hesitation. Now, constabulary are searching for a antheral successful his 50s who, connected Saturday afternoon, insulted a 23-year-old woman, assaulted her, and broke her limb due to the fact that she was taking excessively agelong to parkland and blocking his way.

The improvement of assertive behaviour connected the roadworthy — which often escalates into transgression — is internationally known arsenic “road rage.” According to a past survey connected liable driving conducted by Ipsos connected behalf of the Vinci Autoroutes instauration successful 11 European countries, including Greece, it was recovered that successful Greece 1 successful 4 drivers (26%) gets retired of their car to reason with different driver, six successful 10 (59%) admit to insulting different drivers, 57% honk unnecessarily, 1 successful 2 (48%) deliberately tailgates the conveyance successful front, portion astir 9 successful 10 (87%) accidental they fearfulness the assertive behaviour of different drivers.

According to adjunct prof of psychiatry Christos Liapis, who explained successful an nonfiction wherefore radical go aggravated down the instrumentality and however roadworthy rage tin beryllium prevented, perpetrators are usually men with little levels of education, portion victims of specified incidents are astatine precocious hazard of processing post-traumatic accent upset oregon depressive symptoms.

The motorcyclist who attacked the 23-year-old pistillate successful Pangrati and broke her limb is inactive being sought, with reports suggesting helium fled into an flat gathering aft the convulsive incident. Police records, however, are filled with countless cases of unit — adjacent murders — triggered by misunderstandings, overtaking maneuvers, oregon being chopped off.

Murder implicit a roadworthy argument

One of the astir shocking cases ended successful the sidesplitting of a 29-year-old antheral successful Agios Ioannis quadrate successful Agia Paraskevi successful July 2007. The perpetrators were 2 brothers, 1 of whom was a borderline guard.

Their motive, arsenic they aboriginal confessed, was that the unfortunate had argued implicit close of mode soon earlier Christmas and had punched their younger brother. The 2 men decided to way down the idiosyncratic who had insulted and assaulted him. They searched for 7 months.

When they recovered him sitting with a person successful the square, they were armed: the borderline defender with a legally owned firearm (not his work weapon), and his member with a knife. They confronted the 29-year-old, and wrong minutes, the borderline defender changeable and killed him, portion his member stabbed the victim’s companion. Shortly afterward, the borderline defender falsely reported that his limb had been stolen.

Crime successful Neos Kosmos

One of the astir brutal killings progressive a 58-year-old antheral successful Neos Kosmos past November. Three young men — 2 Greeks and 1 Albanian — were riding down his car connected 2 motorbikes. They argued with the operator and began chasing him.

Trying to escape, helium ended up successful a dormant end. There, they trapped him, and the 29-year-old Albanian began beating him violently. According to witnesses, helium grabbed the man’s caput and repeatedly slammed it against the steering wheel. The unfortunate was taken to the infirmary successful captious condition, wherever helium aboriginal died.

Parking disputes

Parking spots often trigger tensions betwixt drivers. In 1 specified lawsuit connected New Year’s Day 2024, a 65-year-old antheral stabbed and injured a 51-year-old antheral astatine Akti Kondyli successful Piraeus. The 2 argued implicit a parking space, and during the altercation, the older antheral pulled retired a butterfly weapon and attacked him.

Last March successful Thessaloniki, a antheral bushed his neighbour implicit a parking spot, successful beforehand of her young child, who was crying and shouting, “Leave my ma alone.” The attacker besides assaulted the woman’s begetter erstwhile helium tried to intervene.