Officer shot while looking for thief in western Attica
[InTime News]
A police officer of the DIAS motorcycle unit was shot in the abdomen while chasing a thief in western Attica but avoided serious injury because he wore a bulletproof vest.
The incident occurred on Wednesday night in the industrial area of Aspropyrgos where officers had been called to locate the man who robbed a pedestrian.
When the police unit arrived in the area of Neoktista, they were shot at by unknown individuals and one bullet hit the officer who was transported to a military hospital as a precaution.
