Man Beheads Girlfriend and Her Dog

(Santorini, Greece) A 20-something female teacher on the island of Santorini apparently angered her boyfriend. He not only killed her but also her dog using a meat cleaver.

A woman was killed on the island of Santorini by her boyfriend, who then beheaded her and tried to escape in a patrol car. The man, who roamed the village of Vourvoulos displaying her head, then ran over two women doctors who were riding on a motorcycle before he was caught by police.

The unnamed suspect was shot by police five times and is undergoing surgery at an island hospital, said Chrysanthos Roussos, head of the Santorini district on the island.

When a policeman tried to handcuff him, the suspect knifed the officer and flung the victim's head into a patrol car, Roussos said.

The suspect then made off in a second patrol car and ran over the motorcycle before he was caught, Roussos said. The two doctors suffered multiple fractures, Roussos said.

The 31-year-old boyfriend wasn't named. He's in an Athens hospital recovering from bullet wounds. The two female doctors and a female tourist hit by a bullet ricochet are also being treated in Athens. The police officer was treated for a knife wound to the face.


[Update 8/5/08]

According to this report, the name of the boyfriend is Athanassios Arvanitis, a cook at a local restaurant. The beheaded girlfriend is identified as 25-year-old Adamantia Karkali.