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Greek gunman dies after shooting | |
(40 minutes later) | |
A Greek student has died after shooting a fellow student and two passers-by at his college in Athens before turning the gun on himself. | |
Police said the gunman's motive was revenge, saying he had left a note indicating he was tired of being mocked by fellow pupils. | |
The wounded student is in a serious condition in hospital. The other two victims have minor 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. |
'Motive was revenge' | |
The gunman has been identified in local media as 19-year-oldDimitris Tachmanidis, who was studying car electronics at the college. | |
Witnesses said he walked into the college - which offers vocational training for the unemployed - on Friday morning with two pistols. | |
He was said to have been heading for the classrooms, but as he mounted the stairs he fired at least three shots at a 19-year-old student heading towards him. | |
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. |
He 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. | "He succumbed during the operation to save him," senior health ministry official Panayiotis Efstathiou said. |
Mr Efstathiou said the other student had been shot in the chest, arms and legs and remained in a serious condition. | |
According to one of the gunman's friends, he was a very quiet youth who was tired of being mocked by other pupils. | |
"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." | |