Michalis Chrysochoidis described Tuesday’s events with the 89-year-old man who opened fire at the EFKA and the Court of First Instance as a “dangerous and worrying” incident.
“Unfortunately, there are security gaps,” the Minister of Citizen Protection told Action 24 on Tuesday night in response to the unprecedented incident with the 89-year-old man, clarifying, however, that “not all services are guarded and there is no reason to do this, Greece is not such a country. There is no reason in Greece, a country so quiet and safe, to have all this. But there are dangerous people, unfortunately, whether it is this particular one who behaves as if he is not 90 years old but it seems that his illness and whatever else had to turn him into such an aggressive person or the other one who broke a girl’s leg in the middle of the night in Pagrati.”
Chrysokoidis: There was a security vacuum in the court
He noted that “of course there was a security vacuum in the court, in the sense that there were no X-ray machines and no staff to control the entrance. Someone was not doing their job properly and lives could be at risk as a result. I want you to tell me if the NSA didn’t do their job properly. What I’ve been looking for all day is that the arrest be made as quickly as possible to stop the danger, because that’s what it’s all about.”
When asked who is responsible for the security vacuum, the Minister of Protection replied that “the security vacuum is the responsibility of those who have to do their job. What should have been done in some cases has been done, as in Thessaloniki where the courts have been covered together with the National Police. Let it be solved in the next ones. It is no transfer of responsibility to anyone. Everyone has to do their job properly because we are talking about human lives.”
