A 54-year-old businessman was gunned down by a shooter on a motorcycle in the center of Psychiko suburb of northern Athens on Tuesday morning. The man, a civil engineer by profession, had worked as a land surveyor in Mykonos and other parts of the country.
In 2021, he was severely beaten by unknown assailants, while he was conducting inspections on Mykonos, the otherwise cosmopolitan island in the Aegean Sea.
The businessman was gunned down with more than 20 bullets around 8:30 in the morning while he was parking the car of his business partner outside their company.
An unknown assailant riding a motorcycle opened fire on the victim’s car and fled at a high speed after having accomplished what it seems to be a mission.
According to state broadcaster ERT, police have recovered at least 20 shell casings from the crime scene, while an audio recording from the time of the shooting indicated that the perpetrator shot a volley of bullets, paused for a few seconds, and then delivered the final shot.
Media report that police investigates the execution-style assault especially on the so called “Mykonos-branch” of the Greek Mafia.
For Greek Police, the gun down is a clear case of a death contract, even though it takes into consideration the possibility that the victim was the “wrong target.”
Police investigation reportedly focuses on the business activities of the victim on Mykonos and those of his partner on the islands of Paros and Ios.
The victim had been physically assaulted in 2021 on the island of Mykonos where illegal construction flourishes, and had reported the incident to authorities, however, but no suspects had emerged from the ensuing investigation. He was also assaulted one more time, however, he did not report that incident to police.
A month and a half ago, an archaeologist was violently beaten on the island of Mykonos, athensvoice.gr reported.
The body of the 54-year-old businessman was taken to the mortuary of the forensic service of the University of Athens, while the company car to forensic laboratories of the Greek police.
