Greek crime journalist shot dead in Athens in ‘execution-style’ murder

Government says killing of Giorgos Karaivaz, reportedly by two men on a motorbike, has shocked us all'

A prominent Greek crime journalist has been shot dead in what was described as an execution-style" murder near his home in Athens.

Giorgos Karaivaz, who sought to illuminate Greece's seamier underside with his coverage of law and order stories on the private Star TV channel, died of gunshot wounds outside his home in the south of the city.