ATHENS, April 28. 89-year-old antheral who opened occurrence successful an bureau ΕΦΚΑ and the courthouse successful Athens, near letterin which helium straight speaks astir his information – bitternessaccumulated implicit the years fight against the Greek bureaucracy.
In Tuesday morning helium entered the bureau ΕΦΚΑ successful the Keramikos country with a weapon and opened fire. One worker was injured. About fractional an hr aboriginal a 2nd onslaught followed – already at the courthouse connected Lukaρεos Street, where 4 women were injured.
Later helium was detained V Patrachwhere, according to police, helium was readying to permission the country. A loaded revolver was recovered connected him.
Full text of the letter
“Gentlemen from the newspapers, bully afternoon. This is P.K. I was calved successful Messinia successful 1937 and joined the service successful 1959.
In 1962 I went to Berlin to work and study. In 1970 helium moved and settled successful Chicago. In 2005, I applied for a pension successful Chicago, and the USA assigned maine a pension successful two months. I besides submitted German documents, and aft six months I was awarded a mixed German pension.
In the aforesaid bureau and astatine the aforesaid time, on with these documents, I submitted the Greek ICA: an security premium publication and a aesculapian book. The Americans said they would nonstop the documents to Greece, and they gave maine copies. From the infinitesimal the documents were sent to Greece, large problems began with the Greek ICA and the courts.
At the ICA committee successful Attica Square they insulted maine and called maine a “janissary” due to the fact that I came to their state and was asking for a pension. I responded successful kind. After this, the IKA, utilizing its powers, committed forgery and sabotage by sending a missive to the German IKA stating that I was not assigned a Greek pension.
I was treated by authorities agencies, courts and the ICA successful Greece – where I person lived for 20 years and person a US pension of $2,600 a period – similar a stray canine that is kicked and beaten.
And I, this “dog”, person present go embittered and embittered and 1 time I will spell to their offices and wound them so that they tin consciousness it too.
Signed: “Evil,” P.K.”
Chronology of events connected April 28
- Morning — a antheral arrives astatine the section EFKA successful the Keramikos country and opens fire, wounding an employee.
- Immediately after – leaves the gathering and heads to the Lucareos area.
- During the day – enters the gathering court of appeal and shoots again, resulting successful 4 women being injured by flying pellets.
- On the spot – leaves letters and states that they incorporate the reasons for his action.
- After the attack — disappears from the scene.
- Later – leaves Athens and heads to Patras.
- After astir 6 hours – detained astatine a edifice successful Patras. A loaded .38 caliber revolver was recovered connected him.
Conflict implicit pensions
The contented of pension payments was astatine the halfway of the semipermanent conflict. According to reports, the antheral received a pension from USA and a small outgo from Germanyhowever, his exertion for a pension successful Greece was rejected.
The exertion was rejected successful 2015, and successful 2017 the tribunal besides did not fulfill his demands. According to the services, helium lone had astir 50 security days (ένσημα)which did not let him to person a Greek pension.
In the EFKA system, his information was not recovered successful the physics archives, and connected the time of the incident, employees were trying to find his insubstantial file.
Unexploited opportunities
It is noted that persons implicit 67 years of property tin use for benefits from CUSTODY successful the magnitude of astir 410–420 euros, subject to definite conditions. According to the services, the suspect did not submit a corresponding statement.
Preparing an attack
According to police, the man’s actions were not spontaneous. He reportedly planned the attacks successful advance.
A fewer days earlier the incident, helium sent letters to media editors, leaving a bundle of documents. One of the envelopes had a connection connected it that said “more to travel the adjacent day.”
In addition, the time earlier helium visited the tribunal country and, according to witnesses, hinted astatine upcoming actions.
Mode of travel and detention
The antheral did not use a mobile telephone and made calls from various stores.
On the time of the attack, helium called a taxi done a vigor work and paid approx. 200 euros for a trip to Patras, where helium was detained successful a edifice adjacent the autobus station.
According to investigators, helium could person planned to permission the state by oversea successful Italy.
Victims
All 5 victims were taken to infirmary Red Cross. According to available data, their lives are not successful danger, since the injuries were caused by flying pellets.
The relation of household and police
An important relation successful identifying the suspect was played by his relative, who contacted the constabulary aft the onslaught and provided his information.
Mental state
According to the investigation, connected November 7, 2018, helium was hospitalized, aft which helium was diagnosed schizophrenia. It is presently investigating what relation his information whitethorn person played successful the improvement of events.
Experts stress that such diagnoses necessitate cautious mentation and cannot beryllium considered arsenic the sole origin of what happened.
Previous incidents
It was established that successful 2018 the antheral had already visited the courthouse, where, aft communicating with a typical of the prosecutor’s office, helium near connected the table two bulletsand then near the premises. This occurrence is seen arsenic a imaginable aboriginal awesome of escalation.
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