Gunman opens fire at 2 locations in Greek capital, wounding several - BERITAJA

Police successful Greece’s superior were searching for a gunman, reportedly aged 89, who opened occurrence Tuesday successful a societal information agency and a courthouse successful cardinal Athens, wounding astatine slightest 4 people.

Armed pinch a shotgun, the gunman initially opened occurrence astatine the societal information office, wounding an employee, constabulary said. Police officers who arrived astatine the segment treated the man, but the gunman fled the scene.

Local media aired information camera footage that it said was from a section shop adjacent the societal information office, which showed a man stepping calmly crossed the thoroughfare carrying what appears to beryllium a short-barreled shotgun successful his correct hand.

The aforesaid man was suspected of later opening occurrence connected the crushed level of a tribunal building successful different portion of cardinal Athens, pinch respective group wounded there, constabulary said, adding that authorities had recovered the shotgun.

Television footage showed ambulance crews transporting astatine slightest 3 group from the courthouse to waiting ambulances.

The caput of the Athens Judicial Employees Union, Stratis Dounias, said that first accusation indicated that the man had changeable astatine the level wrong 1 of the offices successful the tribunal building. At slightest 3 female tribunal labor were somewhat wounded by ricocheting shotgun pellets, while media reports said that a 4th female worker was transported to a infirmary without beingness injuries.

The motive for the shooting was unclear. State broadcaster ERT said that the gunman had reportedly near envelopes pinch documents aft the shooting astatine the courthouse, saying those were the reasons for his actions.

Alexandros Varveris, caput of the National Social Security Fund known by its Greek acronym EFKA, said the gunman had gone to the 4th level of the societal information fund’s offices successful the Kerameikos area of cardinal Athens and opened occurrence aft calling retired to an worker to duck. His changeable deed different employee, who was wounded successful the leg, Varveris said, adding that the gunman had been wearing a trenchcoat nether which he had hidden the shotgun.

“He went in, went up to the 4th floor, raised his shotgun, told an worker to duck and deed different one,” Varveris told ERT radio. He said the gunman didn’t look to specifically target the worker he hit.

The wounded worker was transported to a hospital, aft constabulary applied a tourniquet to his limb astatine the scene.

Gun unit is comparatively uncommon successful Greece, wherever firearm ownership is allowed but tightly regulated.