89-year-old man allegedly opens fire with shotgun in Greek capital, injuring 4

An 89-year-old gunman allegedly opened occurrence wrong 2 Athens authorities buildings Tuesday, wounding astatine slightest 4 radical successful a uncommon outbreak of unit that rattled Greece’s tightly controlled weapon scenery and ended with his apprehension hours later.

Police said the fishy archetypal stormed a societal information office, went up to the 4th level and fired, striking an worker successful the leg. Officials said the gunman warned 1 idiosyncratic to duck earlier pulling the trigger, though helium didn't look to specifically people the worker helium hit.

"He went in, went up to the 4th floor, raised his shotgun, told an worker to duck and deed different one," Alexandros Varveris, caput of Greece’s National Social Security Fund, told authorities broadcaster ERT radio.

The wounded antheral was treated astatine the scene, but the fishy fled and aboriginal opened occurrence again wrong a courthouse successful different portion of the city, wherever respective radical were wounded.

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People stitchery extracurricular a courthouse successful Athens aft a gunman opened fire, leaving respective wounded connected Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Petros Giannakouris/AP)

Authorities said astatine slightest 3 women, each tribunal employees, suffered insignificant injuries from ricocheting pellets, portion media reported that a 4th pistillate was taken to a infirmary arsenic a precaution.

People permission a courthouse aft a gunman opened fire, wounding respective radical successful Athens connected Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Petros Giannakouris/AP)

Surveillance video aired by section media showed a antheral calmly walking down the thoroughfare carrying what appeared to beryllium a short-barreled shotgun.

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Police aboriginal arrested the fishy adjacent the metropolis of Patra, astir 130 miles westbound of Athens, and recovered the weapon.

A policeman speaks with a pistillate extracurricular a courthouse successful Athens aft a gunman opened fire, wounding respective people, connected April 28, 2026. (Petros Giannakouris/AP)

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The motive remains unclear, though authorities media reported the antheral near documents down astatine the courthouse outlining his grievances.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.