Man Loses Ears Trying To Break Up Bar Fight

A Greek tavern owner who tried to break up a fight between customers watching a Greece-Turkey soccer match had both ears bitten off.

Owner Dimitris Tsibibakis says he intervened as scuffles erupted after a group of Bulgarians shouted slogans supporting Turkey when they scored their third goal in the European championship qualifier and locals told them to stop.

"I tried to split them up and ended up on the floor with one of the Bulgarians biting one ear and another one chewing the other ear off", Tsibibakis said from hospital.

"I need to have plastic surgery. Doctors told me they cannot just stitch them back on", he said. "At least I still have the pieces that were bitten off".

Police said they've arrested three of the Bulgarians and were looking for a fourth.

 � Copyright 2004-2015 The News Vault. All rights reserved.