"Greece is safe," Says Health Minister After Visiting Boy Stabbed on Crete (VIDEO)

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The condition of the 11-year-old Russian boy who was shockingly stabbed by a Dutch entertainer in a hotel parking lot last week, is apparently still serious, but luckily not life threatening. The young boy remains sedated at the "Aglaia Kyriakou" Children Hospital in Athens. It should be reminded that the 11-year old boy was stabbed repeatedly and sustained injuries to his chest, back and legs after he confronted his assailant with stealing his laptop and mobile phone.

Health Minister Andreas Lykourentzos and a Russian Embassy diplomat visited the young boy in order to get briefed on his condition.

     "I am sincerely sorry for what happened. Greece is a safe country. Greece is a hospitable country and the National Health System is in a position to meet any challenge, whether it concerns a Greek citizen or a tourist," Lykourentzos commented.

The Greek Minister of Health praised the state agencies involved for their cooperation in arranging an airlift to carry the boy quickly and safely to Athens and announced that the boy will undergo surgery. He offered assurances that the young patient is being offered proper care by the medical and hospital staff.

Meanwhile, police officials said that the 20-year-old Dutch animateur, who was employed as a entertainer at a hotel in Hersonissos, on the island of Crete, (some say it was a clown), was arrested.

The man admitted that he stabbed the boy twenty times and abandoned the body in the hotel's parking lot.

Authorities also confiscated the boy's laptop and mobile phone, which were found among the man's effects.

There is now fear that the boy will not be able to walk again because of some of the wounds that were inflicted on him in the lower section of his body.