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| Gruesome crime shocks Greek isle | Gruesome crime shocks Greek isle |
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| Police on the Greek island of Santorini have shot and injured a knifeman who decapitated his girlfriend and walked around the streets with her head. | Police on the Greek island of Santorini have shot and injured a knifeman who decapitated his girlfriend and walked around the streets with her head. |
| Terrified residents of the popular tourist island barricaded themselves into their homes and called the police. | Terrified residents of the popular tourist island barricaded themselves into their homes and called the police. |
| The suspect, 35, was shot during a dramatic car chase in which he crashed into a motorbike and badly injured the rider and pillion passenger. | The suspect, 35, was shot during a dramatic car chase in which he crashed into a motorbike and badly injured the rider and pillion passenger. |
| The crime is one of the most gruesome in Greece in recent memory. | The crime is one of the most gruesome in Greece in recent memory. |
| Ricochet | Ricochet |
| The man reportedly beheaded his girlfriend, a teacher in her mid-to-late 20s, in a village close to the island's capital, Thira. | |
| Speaking on Greek television, the local sub-prefect said the man attacked officers who tried to arrest him and slashed one policeman in the face. | Speaking on Greek television, the local sub-prefect said the man attacked officers who tried to arrest him and slashed one policeman in the face. |
| The man threw the head into a patrol car and then stole a police jeep and tried to get away. | |
| But after 400m the suspect slammed into a motorbike carrying two female doctors. | But after 400m the suspect slammed into a motorbike carrying two female doctors. |
| They were thrown into the air and badly hurt. | They were thrown into the air and badly hurt. |
| The police then opened fire and hit the alleged knifeman five times. | The police then opened fire and hit the alleged knifeman five times. |
| According to one eyewitness, one police bullet ricocheted off the road and hit a woman in the leg and jaw. | According to one eyewitness, one police bullet ricocheted off the road and hit a woman in the leg and jaw. |
| The suspect is said to have a history of jealousy and domestic violence. | The suspect is said to have a history of jealousy and domestic violence. |
| The authorities say they are organising a military aircraft to fly the man and some of those he injured to undergo emergency surgery in Athens. |