Five wounded in two shootings in Athens, 89-year-old gunman at large


People gather outside the Athens’ Court of Appeal following a shooting incident that left several wounded, in Athens, Greece, April 28, 2026. Sotiris Dimitropoulos/Eurokinissi via REUTERS

ATHENS, April 28 (Reuters) - ⁠Five people were wounded in ⁠two separate shooting attacks in Athens ‌carried out by an elderly gunman who remained at large, police and local media reported on ​Tuesday.

The suspect, an 89‑year‑old ⁠man, opened fire ⁠with a shotgun at a branch of Greece’s ⁠EFKA ‌social security agency, wounding an employee in the leg, ⁠police said.

The gunman then travelled by taxi ​to ‌a court building, where he fired several ⁠shots ​inside, lightly wounding four female court clerks, according to police and court officials.

He ⁠left the shotgun at the ​scene, along with letters addressed to newspapers, and fled on foot, media reported.

"Four women ⁠working at the small claims court were slightly injured," the head of the judiciary employees' union in Athens, Stratis Dounias, ​told public broadcaster ERT.

Police ⁠have not commented on a possible motive.

Greek ​media identified the suspect ‌as a garbage collector ​from the Athens area.

(Reporting by Ivana Sekularac; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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