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Santorini 'butcher' gravely ill | |
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A man who decapitated his girlfriend and paraded the head around a village on the Greek island of Santorini is now fighting for his life in hospital. | |
Athanassios Arvanitis, a 31-year-old chef, was shot five times by police before his arrest. He has wounds to his lungs and is in intensive care. | |
The authorities believe the deadly rampage was triggered by his dismissal as a chef in a hotel. | |
Three women injured during the police chase are said to be out of danger. | |
The trail of violence began when the man used a butcher's knife to decapitate his girlfriend's dog on the balcony of their home in the village of Vourvoulos, near Santorini's main town Thira. | |
Next, Mr Arvanitis allegedly killed his girlfriend, a 25-year-old teacher called Adamantia Karkali, by stabbing her in the armpit. | |
He then cut her head off and began parading it around the streets. | |
During a dramatic chase, Mr Arvanitis tried and failed to behead a policeman. He was then shot five times and arrested. | |
Doctors at Santorini's medical centre say that despite his injuries they found it almost impossible to restrain him. | |
Two women doctors knocked from their motorbike by Mr Arvanitis as he tried to get away in a police jeep are said to be out of danger, as is a Greek woman tourist who was hit by a ricocheting bullet as she watched the sunset. | |
People living in Santorini say they have not witnessed such savagery on this iconically beautiful island since the Germans carried out executions during the World War II occupation. | |