Police arrested an 89-year-old suspected of wounding five people in two separate gun attacks in Athens on Tuesday, the Greek Citizens' Protection Ministry said on Tuesday (28 April).
A man opened fire with a shotgun at a branch of Greece’s EFKA social security agency, wounding an employee in the leg, police said.
The gunman then travelled by taxi to a court building, where he fired several shots inside, lightly wounding four female court clerks, according to police and court officials.
He left the shotgun at the scene, along with letters addressed to newspapers, and fled on foot, media reported.
"I saw the whole thing... he was firing at the ground," one eyewitness told state news agency AMNA.
"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.
Gun violence in Greece is relatively rare, with firearm ownership permitted but subject to strict regulation.
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