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Five wounded in two shootings in Athens, 89-year-old gunman at large

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ATHENS, April ‌28 (Reuters) - Five people were wounded ​in two separate shooting attacks in Athens carried ⁠out by an elderly gunman who remained at large, police and local media ​reported on Tuesday.

The suspect, an 89‑year‑old man, ‌opened fire with a shotgun at a branch of Greece’s EFKA social security agency, ⁠wounding an employee in the ⁠leg, police said.

The gunman then travelled by taxi to a court building, where he fired several shots inside, lightly ‌wounding four female court clerks, according ⁠to police and court officials.

He ‌left the shotgun at ​the scene, along with letters addressed to newspapers, and fled on foot, ‌media reported.

"Four women working at ​the small claims ⁠court were slightly injured," the ‌head of the judiciary ⁠employees' union in Athens, Stratis Dounias, told public broadcaster ERT.

Police have not commented on ​a possible motive.

Greek ‌media identified the suspect as a garbage ⁠collector from the ​Athens area.

(Reporting by Ivana Sekularac; Editing ​by Alex Richardson)

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