Manhunt underway in Crete after deadly vendetta shooting kills two

A monolithic constabulary manhunt was underway Monday successful cardinal Crete for 3 suspects, pursuing a deadly vendetta shooting implicit the play that near 2 men dormant and respective others injured.

Police person cordoned disconnected the country astir the colony of Vorizia. In an cognition involving peculiar constabulary units, authorities searched 10 homes, recovering shotguns, an battle rifle, and knives. Two wounded men, aged 25 and 30, are hospitalized nether constabulary defender and look homicide charges successful transportation with the incident.

The unit erupted Saturday morning, shattering the quiescent of the village. Witnesses described continuous gunfire from Kalashnikovs, pistols, and hunting rifles. 

The shooters allegedly fired recklessly without respect for bystanders, hitting cafes, balconies, homes, and vehicles.

Relatives and friends gathered Monday astatine the location of 1 victim, a 39-year-old man, whose ceremonial is scheduled for aboriginal successful the day. 

Residents of the tiny colony stay tight-lipped arsenic the probe continues.

Authorities said the vendetta traces backmost to long-standing household disputes. 

The feud reportedly escalated precocious pursuing a dynamite detonation adjacent a contested spot and anterior arrests for carnal theft. 

The Greek Minister of Public Order is reportedly monitoring the situation, arsenic the incidental highlights the ongoing challenges of clan-related unit successful agrarian Crete.

By Vassilis Goulas