Greece seeks spear fisher who killed famous seal

Greek authorities are searching for the killer of Kostis, a Mediterranean monk seal, which became the island's symbol. 

 Kostis was named after the fisherman who saved it after a storm in 2018. A Greek seal charity which looked after Kostis for several months as a pup thinks it was killed with a spear gun.

 The endangered seals are protected under Greek law.

Kostis was "executed at close range with a spear gun", said the charity, MOm. 

The spear probably came from a boat, spokesman Dimitris Tsiakalos told the BBC. 

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