Four Iraqi Kurds arrested in Athens over killer arson attack

ATHENS - Greek police arrested four Iraqi Kurds and were hunting six alleged accomplices suspected of an arson attack on an apartment in which one person died, officials said Thursday.
The victim, 56-year-old Yousif Zora, was found dead Tuesday, apparently while trying to escape the basement apartment through a window, which opened on to a ventilation shaft, a police official said. Three others were injured, two seriously.
Police said arsonists used petrol to start the blaze. The attack seemed to be revenge for a private squabble the previous evening between two groups of Iraqi Kurds. No political motive was suspected.

03/17/2005 16:20 GMT