A 38-year-old Albanian man was injured by Greek police officers in the Colonos neighborhood of Athens in Greece, after he tried to rob a bank. He has been identified as Elton Zoto from Delvina. The incident happened around 11.15 am on Tuesday on Palamidi street. According to the Greek media, the police received a report of an attempted robbery after one of the employees activated the alarm.
As soon as he arrived at the scene, the author threatened the police officers with a knife. He tried to leave, but the officers followed him. An off-duty police officer also took part in the pursuit. However, the Albanian was not able to go far as he was surrounded by the police who shot him wounding him in the stomach.
It is learned that the injured is being treated under police supervision at the Evangjelismo hospital in Athens. The author, who is known as a drug user, was found with a quantity of money. According to one of the witnesses who spoke to the Greek media, the officers called "stop" and immediately after that two shots were heard.
"The police told him to stop, but he didn't stop. He went forward. From there I heard two shots and nothing else. He ran, hit the patrol car and got up and started walking towards one of the officers. "Stop", the policemen shouted at him, they did all the necessary actions to stop him, and when at one point the policeman went to stop him, he was at a close distance and that's where I heard the two shots", says the witness.