Overview
- Police say the 89-year-old, who wounded five people Tuesday in attacks at a social security office and a courthouse in Athens, was arrested hours later at a hotel in Patras.
- The gunman first went to EFKA’s Kerameikos office, told one worker to duck and shot another in the leg, then took a taxi to a court building where shots fired at the floor lightly injured four clerks.
- Authorities recovered the shotgun left at the courthouse, and hotel staff who recognized the suspect from TV reports helped lead officers to him, who then seized a loaded .38 revolver.
- Investigators are reviewing letters the suspect left that described pension grievances, and his lawyer said he acted in despair after a supplementary pension was denied, with local media also noting prior psychiatric treatment.
- Prosecutors charged him with attempted murder and illegal gun possession, and after officials acknowledged security gaps at court buildings, EFKA and court employees staged walkouts to press for tighter screening.