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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-02-17
CONTENTS
[01] EU: Ready to support if needed
[02] Gov't on deadly shoot-out
[01] EU: Ready to support if needed
BRUSSELS (ANA-MPA) -- The European Commission on Wednesday reiterated
its readiness to present, if necessary, a specific support framework
for Greece with a coordinated and decisive action.
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[02] Gov't on deadly shoot-out
(ANA-MPA) -- Referring to a deadly shoot-out between police and two
suspected robbers on Tuesday, which left one civilian dead and two
police officers injured, Citizens' Protection Minister Mihalis
Chrysohoidis on Wednesday stressed that it was a "crucial battle won at
a heavy cost".
(ANA-MPA)-- "We cannot talk of a success when we are mourning the loss
of a life," he underlined in statements regarding the outcome of the
police stakeout in the east Athens district of Vyronas, in which the
two suspects were eventually arrested but a 25-year-old passer-by was
fatally injured when he was caught in the cross-fire between the
suspects and police.
(ANA-MPA) -- The minister said an inquiry into the circumstances of the
death had been launched by judicial authorities, which would determine
whether there had been any negligence or blame on the part of police.
(ANA-MPA) -- The two Albanians arrested were escaped convicts who had
failed to return to Larissa prison after getting out on furlough.
Chrysohoidis described them as extremely dangerous, while in their
hideout police reportedly found 30 hand-grenades, AK-47 assault rifles,
handguns, bullets and large quantities of the TNT.
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