Gunman, 89, on the run after five injured in Athens shootings

Alleged gunman, 89, arrested after injuring five in Athens shootings Topic:Shootings2h ago2 hours agoTue 28 Apr 2026 at 1:17pmThe gunman opened fire on the ground floor of a court building in central Athens. (AP: Petros Giannakouris)In short:A man opened fire at a social security agency and a courthouse in central Athens. The suspect has been identified by local media as an 89-year-old garbage collector from the Athens area. He injured five people in the two shootings and was later arrested more than 200 kilometres away.abc.net.au/news/89-year-old-gumman-at-large-five-injured-athens-shootings/106618428Link copiedShareShare articleFive people have been injured in two separate shooting attacks in Athens, with the 89-year-old suspect fleeing the Greek capital and evading police for hours. The man opened fire with a shotgun at a branch of Greece's EFKA social security agency, wounding an employee in the leg, police said. Police officers who arrived at the scene treated the man, but the alleged gunman fled the scene.Local media aired security camera footage that it said was from a local store near the social security office, which showed a man walking calmly across the street carrying what appears to be a short-barrelled shotgun in his right hand.The gunman fled on foot after leaving his weapon at the courthouse, according to local media. (AP: Petros Giannakouris)The same man was suspected of later opening fire on the ground floor of a court building in another part of central Athens, with several people wounded there, police said. Local media reported that he left the shotgun at the scene, along with letters addressed to newspapers, and fled on foot. He was later arrested at a hotel in the city of Patras, some 200 kilometres away from Athens.Television footage showed ambulance crews transporting at least three people from the courthouse to waiting ambulances."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.Reuters/APPosted 2h ago2 hours agoTue 28 Apr 2026 at 1:17pm, updated 32m ago32 minutes agoTue 28 Apr 2026 at 2:58pmShare optionsCopy linkFacebookX (formerly Twitter)Top StoriesLabor defends news payment plan as Meta, Google reject taxTopic:Media IndustryGirl's suspected abductor had been out of jail for just six days, police sayTopic:Missing PersonGlobal defence spending hits record high. This is how countries rankTopic:Defence Industry'Assertion of reality': Minister presses Asian partners on fuel securityTopic:World PoliticsDonald Trump names new ambassador to AustraliaTopic:Foreign AffairsPopular nowAuthor placed on child protection list for eight years over 'graphic' novelTopic:CourtsLabor defends news payment plan as Meta, Google reject taxTopic:Media IndustryGlobal defence spending hits record high. This is how countries rankTopic:Defence IndustryRelated topicsGreeceShootingsTop StoriesLabor defends news payment plan as Meta, Google reject taxTopic:Media IndustryGirl's suspected abductor had been out of jail for just six days, police sayTopic:Missing PersonGlobal defence spending hits record high. This is how countries rankTopic:Defence Industry'Assertion of reality': Minister presses Asian partners on fuel securityTopic:World PoliticsDonald Trump names new ambassador to…

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