Knife attack at Mandras police station: 31-year-old assailant intubated in ICU
The 31-year-old man shot by a police officer is being treated intubated in the ICU at Thriasio Hospital. The man entered the police station armed with a knife on Friday.
Shooting at Mandras Police Station — assailant hospitalised under guard
The 31-year-old man wounded by police gunfire remains intubated in the Intensive Care Unit at Thriasio Hospital, following an attack at Mandras Police Station on Friday evening (4/9), according to ERT News.
The man underwent surgical intervention and left the operating theatre late that evening. His health condition was assessed as critical, resulting in him remaining in the ICU intubated endotracheally.
According to ERT News information, the 31-year-old faces psychological problems. He entered the police station building brandishing a knife and initially moved towards the duty officer, whom he threatened. The guard and other police officers from the station attempted to immobilise him without success.
Subsequently the assailant went to the first floor, where the Security Department was located, and police officers cornered him in a room. Despite repeated orders to surrender the knife, he refused to comply.
The 31-year-old broke down the door of the room and, according to the same information, threw a flowerpot, resulting in fragments from the shattered glass wounding a police officer. He continued to move threateningly with the knife in his hand, whereupon a police officer used his service weapon and shot him once in the abdomen.
The wounded man is being treated under guard at Thriasio Hospital.
Report: Konstantinos Voulgarakis
Source: ERT