Former Employee Murders Three Executives at Greek Shipowner’s Office

A former employee of the Greek shipping company European Navigation entered the company’s offices near Athens on Monday and opened fire, killing three people, including the owner of the company. The ex-employee entered the building’s parking garage at about 1020 hours, carrying a short-barreled rifle, and shot three people before killing himself. The Greek SWAT agency EKAM initially treated the response as a hostage situation and entered the building at 1130.

European Navigation is a product tanker operator based in Glyfada, a suburb of Athens. The perpetrator, identified as an Egyptian national aged 70 years old, had reportedly worked at the company for 36 years and had recently been dismissed. The victims were family members Maria Karnesis and Antonis Vlassakis, along with an employee, Captain Ilias Koukoularis.

Witnesses reported that the perpetrator wanted to take revenge on the bosses and was yelling at everyone to leave, indicating that he did not want to harm anyone else. Company founder Spyros Karnesis expressed deep devastation over the loss of his sister, son-in-law, and partner in a statement to Greek media.

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