Aggravated assault with a weapon was received by a forestry employee of the Sperchiada Fthiotida Forestry Office within the forecourt area of ​​the Forestry Office and during the performance of his official duties, by a known poacher which has engaged the relevant forest service several times. In fact, in the previous days, an illegal load of firewood that belonged to him was confiscated and the Forestry Department has taken the actions in accordance with the written forestry regulations.

As it became known, the DM Forester is hospitalized with head injuries at the Lamia Hospital.

The offender remains free to this day, since is hidden so that the automatic process passes.

Specifically, on June 21, Wednesday at 3:00 p.m., the perpetrator HK invaded the forecourt of the Sperchiada Forestry and with a gun threatened the forestry employee DM who was on duty. Subsequently hit him on the head with an iron object and caused him serious injury.

The forest employee was urgently transferred to the Makrakomi Hospital and then to the Lamia Hospital where he is being treated in a serious condition.

The Inspection of Forestry Policy Implementation of Thessaly – Central Greece informed the Prosecutor’s Office of First Instances of Lamia and the General Police Directorate of Central Greece, while on the day of the incident the Commander of the Police Department of Sperchiada and the Public Prosecutor were informed.

According to the Ministry of the Interior, after the notification of the incident, all the forestry employees of the Ministry of Environment and Energy, led by the head of the General Directorate of Forests and Forest Environment, Evangelos Goudoufa, state unequivocally that they stand in solidarity with their colleague, remaining unwaveringly committed to the task for the protection of the natural environment.