Horror as '89 year-old-man goes on shooting spree' in major city – several wounded

A gunman has opened fire at security staff at two locations in Athens, Greece, leaving several people injured. The suspect, reportedly an 89-year-old man, is said to have been armed with a shotgun concealed beneath a trench coat when he first struck at a social security office in the city centre.

Police said the attacker entered the building, made his way to the fourth floor, and opened fire, wounding an employee in the leg. According to Alexandros Varveris, head of the National Social Security Fund (EFKA), the gunman “went in, went up to the fourth floor, raised his shotgun, told an employee to duck and hit another one.” Emergency responders treated the injured worker at the scene, where officers applied a tourniquet before the victim was transported to hospital. Varveris added: “He went in, went up to the fourth floor, raised his shotgun, told an employee to duck and hit another one.” He said it did not appear the victim had been specifically targeted.

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