89 year-old mass shooting suspect ‘opened fire in Athens social security office after losing pension case’

NewsWorldWorld - Crime89 year-old mass shooting suspect ‘opened fire in social security office after losing pension case’An elderly suspect was detained with a loaded .38 revolver, some six hours after multiple people were injured during the incident in Athens, GreeceJames C. Reynolds Tuesday 28 April 2026 17:20 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2966472","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/crime/athens-shooting-pensioner-arrest-greece-b2966472.html","title":"89-year-old suspect in Athens shotgun rampage arrested after six hour manhunt"}}open image in gallery{"id":"trigger-autogallery-10857","index":0}Police at the scene of the shooting in Athens, Greece (Reuters)For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Breaking_Newsletter","regTitle":"Breaking News","subscriptionGroup":"breaking_news","subscriptionGroupId":"ea81aa66-1d12-4313-9b4e-6f20b0117b8f","type":"breaking_news","pathPrefix":["/news/uk/crime","/news/world","/topic/race","/topic/racism","/topic/race-and-ethnicity","/topic/diversity","/topic/ethnic-minorities","/topic/muslim","/topic/black","/topic/black-british","/topic/african-americans","/topic/systemic-racism","/topic/bame"],"title":"For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails","mobileTitle":"Sign up to our free breaking news emails","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/breakingNews1_1....