Police raid uncovers ‘baby in jar that had been stabbed ten times’ hidden in suitcase

Barney Davis | Night News Editor Published August 31, 2026 6:47pm Updated August 31, 2026 6:47pm The Kypseli neighbourhood of Athens where the family were living (Picture: PA) A German mother and a Greek father have been arrested after a dead baby was discovered in a raid on a holiday flat in Athens. The newborn boy was found in a jar and hidden in a suitcase after a family tried to move out of a second-story flat. The baby was found to have been stabbed ten times in the back by forensic pathologist Symeon Mesogitis. The coroner could not determine the age of the baby, due to the condition of the body which had wounds to its back. Initial inquiries suggest the child was eight to nine months old when it died and may have been moved from another location in the Greek capital. The father alle