Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-12-22

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

[01] Manhunt for perpetrator of two shooting injuries

[02] New deputy interior minister appointed

[03] Police injured in shootout

[04] �thens Newspaper Headlines

[01] Manhunt for perpetrator of two shooting injuries

In the first incident, a young Bulgarian man riding a bicycle in the Votanikos district was shot in the right wrist at 7:20 p.m., and was taken to hospital for first aid.

The youth told police that he had seen a black jeep approaching and heard the gunshot, but had no idea why he was shot.

Less than half an hour later, at 8:04 p.m., a 57-year-old Greek man was taken to hospital with a bullet in the abdomen. Police said the man had been walking on a street in the Moschato district, near Piraeus, when he was shot, but had not seen the perpetrator. Footage from surveillance cameras in the area at the time the man was shot showed a black jeep like the one described by the Bulgarian man.

The motive of the two attacks was still unknown on Tuesday morning, as there is no link between the two victims.

[02] New deputy interior minister appointed

Dolios is replacing Dinos Rovlias who resigned ten days ago.

[03] Police injured in shootout

The two police officers were the crew of a Salamina police patrol car that had responded to a call that a robbery was underway at the bank. One was shot in the leg and the second was injured in the head.

The two injured police officers were transported to a hospital in Piraeus and police have launched a manhunt to locate and arrest the bank robbers.

[04] �thens Newspaper Headlines

The European Commission's quarterly report on the eurozone and comments on the Greek economy, the parliamentary debate on the 2010 State Budget and the Tax Bureau's stepped up audits starting from Jan. 1 aiming to increase the state revenues, dominated the headlines on Tuesday in Athens' newspapers.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "The state does not know the precise number of services we are paying for".

APOGEVMATINI: "Main opposition New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras accuses prime minister George Papandreou of delay".

AVGHI: "Greece is the European Union's guinea pig".

AVRIANI: "Publisher Christos Lambrakis' death brings radical changes in publishing and political scene".

CHORA: "Arguments and jabbering over the economy's corpse in parliament as Greece is threatened with bankruptcy".

ELEFTHEROS: "Robbers shot policemen in cold blood while Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chryssohoidis was presenting the crime-fighting policy".

ELEFTHEROS: "Ruling PASOK senior officials Costas Skandalidis and Vasso Papandreou accuse the government that the measures are delayed and do not focus on development".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Tax audit safari - One million enterprises and professionals targeted".

ESTIA: "Court rules the extraordinary contribution unconstitutional".

ETHNOS: "Explosive Court ruling on extraordinary contribution".

IMERISSIA: "Tax Bureau offices on alert - Emergency audits in search of revenues".

KATHIMERINI: "Commission deeply worried about Greece".

NAFTEMPORIKI: "EU: The Greek deficits will have repercussions on the euro".

NIKI: "Economy Minister Louka Katseli remains adamant on the banks' demands".

RIZOSPASTIS: "Counterattack against the 'snitches' because they target the popular movement".

TA NEA: "A great Greek passed away: Christos Lambrakis".

TO VIMA: "Mourning for the death of a great Greek: Christos Lambrakis 1934-2009".

VRADYNI: "PASOK deputies' plea to prime minister: George, where are you taking us?"

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