Police arrested a man who shot and killed a kitten in Lesvos, after his barbarous act was reported by residents of the village of  Ippeio in the southeast of the island.

After killing the animal the man bragged about at the local coffee shop it saying he dared anyone to come and call him out on it or report him. He said he killed the kitten because it tore the rubbish bags near his house.

The unscrupulous perpetrator was arrested by the police of the Agiasos department last weekend when his acquaintances complained that he shot the unfortunate animal. Police have opened an official complaint against him for killing an animal which, in addition to the criminal prosecution, also provides for an administrative fine of 30,000 euros. The man was taken to the Mytilene Prosecutor’s Office, while the weapon with which he killed the kitten was confiscated.