00:01An 89-year-old suspected gunman has been arrested after opening fire at a Social Security office
00:07and a courthouse in central Athens on Tuesday, wounding several people.
00:12Police said a suspect armed with a shotgun initially opened fire at the National Social
00:17Security Fund office in the center of the Greek capital, wounding an employee.
00:22Police officers who arrived at the scene treated the man, but the gunman fled the scene.
00:28The same man was suspected of later opening fire on the ground floor of the Court of Appeals building
00:33in another part of Athens.
00:35Several people were also wounded there, police said, adding that authorities had found the shotgun.
00:41He was located hours later in a hotel in Patras, 215 kilometers south of Athens.
00:48The motive for the shooting was unclear.
00:51State broadcaster ERT said the gunman had reportedly thrown envelopes with documents onto the floor
00:56after the shooting at the courthouse, saying those were the reasons for his actions.
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