Three refugees were stabbed, possibly with a knife, and taken to Thriasio Hospital in Attica after a fight broke out among 20 immigrants and refugees at E1 gate passenger station at Piraeus port around 1:00 on Thursday.

Piraeus Port Authority coast guard officers intervened and took the three injured men to hospital for first aid.

Shipping and Island Policy Minister Thodoris Dritsas later visited the scene of the fight accompanied by the head of the Hellenic Coast Guard Rear Admiral Stamatios Raptis in order to be briefed by port authorities on the incident and the investigation that has been launched.