The Greek government has confirmed it has arrested 79 people for arson amid a spate of devasting wildfires, suggesting that, as in Italy and Spain, the disasters are being caused by criminals rather than climate change, despite the globalist press calling such ideas a “conspiracy theory”.
“You are committing a crime against the country,” railed Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias, warning that arsonists have attempted to set a number of new fires on Mount Parnitha, which lies north-west of Athens and hosts monuments including a Byzantine monasery and several Ancient Greek fortresses.
“Arsonist scum are setting fires that threaten forests, property and, most of all, human lives,” Kikilias continued, vowing: “You will not get away with it, we will find you, you will be held accountable.”
Greece, as a European Union (EU) border state, bore the brunt of the migrant crisis in 2015, and continues to play host to many mostly African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian migrants who became stuck in the country after Germany and other westerly EU member-states grew less enthusiastic about opening their borders to all comers.
Asylum seekers disgruntled about being stuck in Greece have been known to burn down the camps where they are looked after in hopes of being moved into better accommodation or allowed to move on to another country – but officials have avoided giving any information on the background of the arsonists responsible for the current spate of blazes.
There have been cases of Greek vigilantes targeting migrants since the fires began, with one video showing a man with several Syrians and Pakistanis detained in a trailer and urging others to “round them up” or “they will burn us.”
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