Two men were arrested on Wednesday, February 7, in areas of Attica, accused of participation in a gang, attempted murder, aggravated possession and use of weapons, as well as damage to foreign property.

According to the Police, after an investigation and after using information, the two defendants were identified as the perpetrators of at least three armed attacks against people, in the area of ​​Kolonos and Acharni, as well as a shooting incident at a health care store in Patisia.

Analytically:

• on 05-02-2024, at noon, a woman with a gunshot wound to the abdomen was taken to a hospital in Attica by her husband (one of the arrested), who claimed that he shot himself inside their home in Colonos. From the preliminary investigation carried out, however, it emerged that he was the perpetrator of the particular attack

• on 01-21-2024, midday hours, the two arrested, together with at least 5 other people, immobilized I.X. vehicle that was moving in the area of ​​Kolonos and in which 4 people and a minor child were on board. They then punched and kicked the driver, hitting him in the face with the handle of a gun, while one of the assailants fired at them, without injuring them.

• early morning hours of 09-01-2024, unknown persons shot at least 7 times at a coffee shop in the area of ​​Patisia, causing damage. From the preliminary investigation carried out, the 2 arrested were identified as the perpetrators of the attack

• on 22-07-2022, in the area of ​​Acharna, 15 people shot at a 20-year-old citizen, injuring him in the leg. A shell casing was collected from the scene of the attack which, similarly from the laboratory examination, showed that it was fired by one of the confiscated weapons of the 2 gang members

• on 06-14-2022, police officers went to a shooting incident in the Acharna area, where a casing was found which, as it emerged from the laboratory examination of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, was fired by the confiscated weapon

In order to deconstruct the gang, searches were carried out in four houses and a vehicle, in the presence of a judicial officer, in the areas of Kolonos and Nikaia, where a total of the following were found and confiscated:

• 3,460 euros,

• 3 pistols,

• 68 cartridges,

• 2 magazines,

• muffler and

• mobile phone.

At the same time, during investigations in one of the houses, a 65-year-old man was identified and arrested, accused of possessing a weapon, for whom, however, no involvement in gang activity was found.

Those arrested were taken to the competent prosecutor’s office, while investigations into the identification and arrest of the remaining members of the gang continue.