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Suspect in violent Thessaloniki muggings arrested

Police in Thessaloniki on Tuesday said they had arrested a man suspected of carrying out at least nine violent muggings against women in the northern port city over the past few months.

The suspect, a 25-year-old Syrian national, was taken into custody after allegedly stealing the handbag of a woman at a coffee shop in the city center.

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