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Greek school gunman wounds three | Greek school gunman wounds three |
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A Greek student shot and injured a fellow student and two passers-by before turning the gun on himself, police say. | A Greek student shot and injured a fellow student and two passers-by before turning the gun on himself, police say. |
The gunman later died from his injuries. The other student is in a serious condition, while the two passers-by have lighter injuries. | |
The shooting happened at a vocational college in a poor district of Athens. | The shooting happened at a vocational college in a poor district of Athens. |
School shootings are rare in Greece and the incident has stunned Greeks, the BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Athens says. | School shootings are rare in Greece and the incident has stunned Greeks, the BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Athens says. |
The student, believed to be aged 20, walked into the college on Friday morning with two pistols, witnesses told Greek television. | The student, believed to be aged 20, walked into the college on Friday morning with two pistols, witnesses told Greek television. |
He was said to have been heading for the classrooms, but as he mounted the stairs he fired three shots at a 19-year-old student heading towards him, hitting him in the abdomen. | He was said to have been heading for the classrooms, but as he mounted the stairs he fired three shots at a 19-year-old student heading towards him, hitting him in the abdomen. |
The gunman then turned to leave the school and was confronted by two workers from a nearby factory, witnesses said. | The gunman then turned to leave the school and was confronted by two workers from a nearby factory, witnesses said. |
The man shot at the two men before running across the road and shooting himself in the head. | The man shot at the two men before running across the road and shooting himself in the head. |
"He succumbed during the operation to save him," senior health ministry official Panayiotis Efstathiou said. | |
The gunman was said to have been studying car electronics at the college, which offers vocational training for the unemployed. | |
He had been described as an introvert with few friends who rarely spoke to anyone. | |
Police said he had left a note accusing his fellow students of picking on him. | |
"He left a note saying he couldn't take it any more," police spokesman Panayiotis Stathis told The Associated Press. | |
"It seems his motive was revenge." |