Mom shoots son’s alleged killer in court

Athens - A Greek Roma woman killed a man accused of murdering her son on Monday when she opened fire inside an Athens court, also wounding another man, officials said.

“A woman opened fire on two people” who were waiting to be questioned by a judge, said Athens Chief Prosecutor Panayiota Fakou.

Police arrested the 33-year-old woman.

The man who was killed, also a Roma, died at the scene, a police source said.

The other victim, who was wounded in the leg, was taken to hospital.

No other details of the shooting were immediately available.

The courthouse lies about two kilometres from the city centre. - AFP