Pre-trial detention ordered for the 89-year-old gunman for the shootings at EFKA and the Court of Appeal

The 89-year-old antheral who connected Tuesday greeting opened occurrence astatine the EFKA offices successful Kerameikos and astatine the Court of Appeal connected Loukareos Street successful cardinal Athens, injuring a full of 5 people, has been sent to prison.

The 89-year-old was ordered into pre-trial detention aft his today’s apology proceeding astatine the courts of the erstwhile Evelpidon School, with the statement of the investigating magistrate and the prosecutor.

In beforehand of the investigating magistrate, the suspect reportedly repeated what helium had said during the preliminary investigation: that helium had nary intent to termination and that helium had been readying the onslaught for months.

“I had planned earlier Christmas to spell to IKA, to the Court of Appeal and to Strasbourg to shoot, without nevertheless wanting to termination anyone. I wanted to bash it successful wintertime truthful I could deterioration my overcoat and fell the shotgun, but due to the fact that I kept having things to bash and clip was passing and I was postponing it, and successful a fewer days it would beryllium May and it would commencement getting blistery and I wouldn’t beryllium capable to deterioration an overcoat, I decided to go,” the accused is reported to person claimed during the preliminary investigation, repeating the aforesaid arguments successful beforehand of the investigating magistrate.

He besides allegedly claimed that helium did not privation to kill, which is wherefore helium changeable astatine the legs, portion stating that helium acted retired of choler caused by the non-issuance of his pension and the degrading attraction helium felt helium received.

Earlier, upon arriving astatine the court, the aged antheral greeted journalists and camera operators and past went to the investigating magistrate’s bureau to springiness explanations for the felonies of attempted serial homicide, aggravated amerciable possession of weapons wrong a judicial building, and aggravated amerciable possession of a firearm.

The 89-year-old was besides charged with the misdemeanours of continuous unlawful possession of a hunting weapon, continuous amerciable possession of ammunition and cartridges, amerciable possession of weapons, repeated disruption of nationalist work operations, and threats to perpetrate crimes.