Greek state TV broadcasts advice on how to siphon gasoline

Segment in which a repairman also gave advice about to pierce a car’s fuel tank raises eyebrows

Greece's annual inflation rate hit 11.3% in May, a 29-year record Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock

Greece’s state TV has prompted criticism over a segment that showed viewers how to siphon gasoline from cars as fuel prices soar.

“It’s not something terribly complicated … you don’t even need a special tube, even a hose for balconies will do,” the station’s reporter Costas Stamou said during ERT’s morning news programme Syndeseis.