Allegedly, an 89-year-old man fires a shotgun in the Greek capital, leaving 4 injured

(SeaPRwire) –   According to allegations, an 89-year-old gunman opened fire inside two government buildings in Athens on Tuesday, wounding at least four people. This rare outbreak of violence shook Greece’s tightly regulated gun landscape, and the incident ended with the suspect’s arrest several hours later.

Police stated the suspect first stormed into a social security office, climbed to the fourth floor and opened fire, hitting an employee in the leg. Officials noted the gunman warned one worker to duck before pulling the trigger, though he did not appear to deliberately target the employee he struck.

“He went in, climbed to the fourth floor, raised his shotgun, told an employee to duck and hit another one,” Alexandros Varveris, head of Greece’s National Social Security Fund, told state broadcaster ERT radio.

The wounded man received medical treatment on site, but the suspect fled, and later opened fire again inside a courthouse in another part of the city, where several more people were wounded.

Authorities said at least three women, all working as court employees, suffered minor injuries from ricocheting pellets, while media reported that a fourth woman was taken to a hospital as a safety precaution.

Surveillance video aired by local media showed a man walking calmly down the street carrying what appeared to be a short-barreled shotgun.

Police later arrested the suspect near the city of Patra, around 130 miles west of Athens, and recovered the weapon used in the attacks.

The motive of the attack remains unclear, though state media reported the man left documents behind at the courthouse that outlined his personal grievances.