Media: Fired employee was behind shooting at Greek shipping company

The shooting in an Athens suburb on Monday killed a shipowner and two others at Greek European Navigation. The perpetrator then killed himself.
Greek police and rescuers at European Navigation's office in Glyfada, south of Athens on Monday. | Photo: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Greek police and rescuers at European Navigation's office in Glyfada, south of Athens on Monday. | Photo: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

It was a former employee of Greek shipping family Karnessis who entered the back door of the headquarters in Glyfada, a suburb of Athens, on Monday morning and started shooting. 

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