Thessaloniki: They shot a young man in the middle of the street – He was seriously injured

For the second day in a row at Thessaloniki the weapons “spoke”. A little after midnight on Tuesday, an Arabic-speaking young man was attacked by a group of people. One of the perpetrators shoot a pistol. The incident took place on Neohoriou Street, in the area of ​​Panagia Faneromeni. Eyewitnesses told the Police that they heard three shots.

According to his information thestival, security cameras from nearby shops showed that the perpetrators of the attack were six. He was initially attacked by three people, one of whom opened fire. There were still three people nearby, who moved against him.

With all the strength he had left, the injured man walked from Neohoriou Street to the gas station located at the junction of Venizelou and Lagada Streets. There he asked for help. The station employee called EKAV. The young man was taken to the Papageorgiou hospital, where he is being treated in a serious condition.
A strong police force rushed to the spot. The Immediate Action operations center has issued an order to bring in persons deemed suspicious. After that, six people were brought in. The places where there were traces of blood were then demarcated with prohibitory tapes.

As soon as it was clarified what happened, the police officers of the Crimes Against Life Department of the Thessaloniki Security Directorate were called. From the traces of blood and from the testimonies of the neighborhood, the exact place of the bloody fight was determined. In the hours that followed, the TEZ police “combed” bit by bit the place where the shots were fired in order to locate any evidence that would lead them to the perpetrators. Calyxes were nowhere to be found. Either the perpetrators collected them or a revolver was used and the casings were left in the mill. A bullet was found where the victim was shot.

It is too early to say whether this specific incident is connected to last night’s pistol attack in the Chemie Square of AUTH. The police investigation is still at the beginning. However, if the suspicions of high-ranking officers of EL.AS are confirmed. then we watch the beginning of a ruthless war between the gangs that control the drug trade in the city.

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