89-Year-Old Man Arrested After Double Shooting in Athens Leaves Five Injured

Police in Greece have arrested an 89-year-old man following a double shooting which left five people injured. The attacker initially opened fire at a social security agency in the Kerameikos area of Athens on Tuesday, wounding an employee in the leg, police say. He then travelled to a courthouse around 5km (3.1 miles) away in Ambelokipi, where a further four people were reportedly injured, before fleeing the scene and leaving behind a shotgun, authorities add. There is a heavy police presence at both locations and the motive for the shooting is not yet clear. The man was arrested in the city of Patra, some 200km from the capital. Police found him at a hotel near the bus station in the port city, public television channel ERT reported. He was found in possession of a second weapon, a loaded .38 calibre revolver, according to local media. According to local media reports, the attacker had entered the buildings with a shotgun concealed under his coat. State broadcaster ERT showed surveillance footage of the suspect calmly leaving the building on foot - with police investigating the possibility he had caught a taxi to the second location. "I saw the whole thing... he was firing at the ground," one eyewitness told state news agency ANA. "Four women working at the small claims court were slightly injured," the head of the judiciary employees' union in Athens, Stratis Dounias, told the broadcaster.