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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-12-30
CONTENTS
[01] 'Jeep shooter' remanded in custody
[02] Stocks end flat
[01] 'Jeep shooter' remanded in custody
The 31-year-old Greek arrested as a suspect for a series of random
shootings in Athens and Piraeus was remanded in custody on Wednesday,
after appearing before an examining magistrate. The suspect has been
charged with five counts of attempted homicide and weapons law
violations. According to police, the man is the mystery shooter in the
dark-coloured jeep that went around taking pot-shots at unsuspecting
passers-by, seriously injuring two people in the process.
According to his defence lawyers, the suspect is mentally ill and "not
even in a position to defend himself". They have applied for a
psychiatric evaluation of their client and asked that he be admitted to
a psychiatric institution for treatment. A decision on their requests
will be made by the magistrate over the next few days.
Among those testifying to the magistrate on Wednesday was a
psychiatrist that has been treating the 31-year-old taxi-driver for the
past two years.
[02] Stocks end flat
Greek stocks ended flat in the Athens Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with
turnover rising to 129 million euros boosted by selective buying in
small and medium capitalization stocks. The composite index of the
market fell 0.07 pct to end at 2,194.49 points. The FTSE 20 index eased
0.56 pct, the FTSE 40 index rose 1.58 pct and the FTSE 80 index ended
1.70 pct higher.
Health (3.19 pct), Oil (2.08 pct) and Media (2.79 pct) scored the
biggest percentage gains of the day, while Banks (1.15 pct) and
Telecommunications (1.06 pct) suffered the heaviest percentage losses.
Tegopoulos (18.64 pct), United Textiles (16.67 pct), Nireus (10.17 pct)
and Forthnet (9.82 pct) were top gainers, while Alpha Akinita (8.86
pct), Zinon (5.41 pct) and Evrofarma (5.26 pct) were top losers.
Broadly, advancers led decliners by 116 to 65 with another 53 issues
unchanged.
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