A serious event is reported to have happened this Sunday evening in Athens, Greece. 1 killed and 2 injured is the balance in an assassination attempt that took place in a well-known bar in the area of Nea Smyrni. According to the Greek press, the victim is of Albanian origin. Also, one of the wounded is Albanian.
While the second injured is a woman, who is reported to be the owner of the bar and who is believed to have been accidentally hit by bullets and is not related to the incident.
The identity of the victim, as well as the injured, is not yet known. According to what Protothema writes, the author was disguised with an anti-Covid mask and a black hood. He approached the table where the persons in question were and opened fire. He then sped away.
The causes of the serious incident are currently unclear. The Greek authorities have launched investigations to clarify it.
The Greek media have published footage of the murder and wounding that shocked Athens this Sunday evening. The Greek daily "Protothema" has published the moment of the murder captured by the bar's security cameras.
The author is wearing a sweatshirt hood and an anti-Covid mask on his face. He approaches the outside tables of the bar in the "Nea Smyrni" neighborhood and opens fire with a pistol, shooting in the direction of his targets.
As can be seen in the footage of the security cameras, the bar was full of customers at the time of the assassination. Then he left quietly.
Numerous Greek police forces have launched a search for the arrest of the author. The event is suspected to have happened for laundering accounts. The names of the Albanians, the victim and the injured, are not yet known.