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An 89-year-old gunman reportedly opened fire inside two government buildings in Athens on Tuesday, wounding at least four people in a rare incident of violence that shook Greece’s tightly controlled gun landscape and ended with his arrest hours later.
Police said the suspect first stormed a Social Security office, went to the fourth floor and opened fire, hitting an employee in the leg. Authorities said the gunman had warned an employee to sit still before pulling the trigger, although he did not appear to specifically target the employee he attacked.
“He went inside, went up to the fourth floor, raised his gun, told one employee to bend over and shot another,” Alexandros Varvaris, head of Greece’s National Social Security Fund, told state broadcaster ERT radio.
The injured man was treated at the scene, but the suspect fled and later opened fire again inside a courthouse in another part of the city, wounding several people.
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People gather outside a court in Athens after a gunman opened fire, wounding several people, on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Petros Giannakouris/AP)
Officials said at least three women, all court employees, were slightly injured by ricocheting shrapnel, while media reported that a fourth woman was taken to hospital as a precaution.
People walk out of a court after a gunman opened fire and wounded at least four people in Athens, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Petros Giannakouris/AP)
Surveillance video broadcast by local media shows a man walking calmly down the street carrying what appears to be a short-barreled shotgun.
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Police later arrested the suspect near the city of Patras, about 130 miles west of Athens, and recovered the weapon.
A policeman talks to a woman outside a court in Athens after a gunman opened fire and injured several people on April 28, 2026. (Petros Giannakouris/AP)
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The motive is unclear, although state media reported that the man left documents outlining his complaints at the court.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
