Security checkpoints introduced in Athens courthouse

Two checkpoints will start operating astatine the Athens Court of First Instance connected Monday arsenic portion of an effort to boost security, successful effect to an equipped onslaught that injured 5 employees past month. 

The checkpoints will beryllium acceptable up astatine the entrances connected Loukareos and Degleri Streets, while each different introduction points will beryllium closed, the President of the Three-Member Council of the Court, Christoforos Linos, told lawyers successful an announcement sent to them connected Saturday.

To debar delays, the checkpoint connected Degleri Street will beryllium used solely by lawyers and judicial officials while they will person precedence astatine the 2nd one, the announcement said.

On April 28, an 89-year-old gunman entered the tribunal gathering and wounded 4 judicial staff. The suspect had antecedently barged into a κοινωνικά information bureau with a shotgun and injured different civilian servant. He was charged with respective counts of attempted murder, amerciable firearms use successful a courthouse, amerciable weapons possession, threatening to perpetrate crimes and different firearms violations.