The publisher of small newspaper Makeleio, Stefanos Chios, was shot by an unknown assailant outside his home early Monday morning. The victim survived the assassination attempt seriously injured.
The shooting took place around 3 0′ clock in the morning as the publisher was parking his car outside his home in Vrilissia suburb of northern Athens.
He was injured in the neck and near the heart. The attacker fled. Alarmed by the shooting noise, Chios’ wife went down to see her husband bleeding. She drove him to Sismanogleio hospital. From there he was referred to KAT hospital.
His condition is described as serious but stable.
Speaking to state-run news agency amna, police sources said that the attacker was wearing black and he had an accomplice.
“One bullet brush past the carotid artery and the other close to the heart,” the sources said adding that his car has two holes from bullets.
The Homicide Department of the Greek Police investigates the issue.
