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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
James C. Reynolds

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

Police at the scene of the shooting in Athens, Greece - (Reuters)

An 89-year-old man suspected of rampaging through Athens with a shotgun has been arrested, more than 200km away from the mass shooting, and following a major manhunt.

The pensioner, identified locally as a garbage collector from the Athens area, was picked up by police in Patra around 4.30pm local time, some six hours after the first reports of an attack on a social security office in the city.

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