Unrest at juvenile detention center in central Greece

A riot erupted connected Sunday evening astatine the Kassaveteia juvenile detention halfway adjacent Volos successful cardinal Greece, nationalist broadcaster ERT reported.

The detainees, aged 15 to 18, smashed windows, acceptable occurrence to mattresses and hurled wooden objects astatine guards, prompting an contiguous effect from constabulary and judicial authorities, the study said.

Prison staff, supported by members of the police’s Crime Prevention and Suppression Teams (OPKE), moved successful to incorporate the unrest, while a authoritative was dispatched to assistance reconstruct order. Firefighters were besides called to extinguish the blazes.

The origin of the disturbance was not instantly clear. It was the latest successful a bid of incidents astatine Kassaveteia, raising concerns astir detention conditions and information astatine the facility.

An probe is under way.