OAED Vocational College shooting

OAED Vocational College shooting
Location Agios Ioannis Rentis, Athens, Greece
Date Friday, April 10, 2009
Approximately 08:30 a.m.[1] (UTC+3)
Attack type
 School shooting
Weapons
Deaths 1 (the perpetrator)
Non-fatal injuries
 3
Perpetrator Dimitris Patmanidis
Motive Bullying

The OAED Vocational College shooting was a school shooting that occurred on April 10, 2009, at the Manpower Employment Organisation of Greece (OAED) vocational college in Agios Ioannis Rentis, Athens, Greece, during which a gunman shot one student and two civilians before fatally shooting himself in a nearby park. The gunman was a 19-year-old sophomore student, of Georgian descent, Dimitris Patmanidis who was studying car electronics at the college.[2] It was the first incident of shooting to occur in Greece.[3][4]

Shooting

Shooting victims[1]
1. Dimitris Kokkinis, age 18, student.
2. Unidentified male, age 23, worker.
3. Unidentified male, age 37, worker.

At 8:30 a.m. UTC+3, about fifteen minutes after the beginning of the lessons, Dimitris Patmanidis arrived at the building housing the vocational college armed with two loaded handguns, which were modified replicas of sound pistols which have been converted into firearms,[5][6] and a hunting knife. Inside the building Patmanidis approached 18-year-old student Dimitris Kokkinis, who had arrived late to school,[4] and shot him three times.[1][2][4]

Patmanidis then turned to leave the school and was confronted by two workers from a nearby technical company who were alerted by the gunfire. They asked him what has happened and he shot both of them, from a 150m distance. The gunman then ran to a nearby park where he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.[1][2][4] He was carried in a critical condition to the Nikaia General Hospital where he later died in the hospital.

The 18-year-old student Dimitris Kokkinis,who was shot three times in the chest, leg, and hand, was carried in a serious condition to the Nikaia General Hospital, where he was prolongly operated. The two others have been slightly injured, the one in the hand and the other in the leg.[1][7][8][9] During the assault, the gunman has shot 15 bullets of the 83 he had in the pistols, his pockets and his bag, before the assault.[4]

Motive

"...I have no reason to continue to live. I am too selfish to die and let you live.
Before I die, I will deprive the most precious thing you have. I have no
respect for human life. Anyone found in front of me the morning of 10 April
2009, will die, without exception... So far I have not experienced anything else,
despite the rejection..." — Part of the perpetrator's note.[1]

According to a police spokesman "It seems his motive was revenge."[2] The police also estimates that his act was planned.[1] A note found in Patmanidis's bag after the incident said that he couldn't take any more the rejection he felt.[1] A friend of Patmanidis, said he was tired of being mocked by other pupils, for his styled appearance and behaviour.[2][10]

His act was announced in his page at MySpace with a brief note same to that found in his bag. In his profile also, Patmanidis has posted photos of him posing with guns.[11]

Aftermath

OAED administration, informed that immediately after the tragic incident, a group psychologists was sent to support students of the college.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Report: Σπουδαστής άνοιξε πυρ σε σχολή του ΟΑΕΔ και αυτοκτόνησε" (in Greek). in.gr. 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Greek gunman dies after shooting". BBC (news.bbc.co.uk). 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  3. ↑ Mingxin, Bi (2009-04-10). "4 injured in school shooting in Athens". Xinhua News. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Vradelis, Stelios (2009-04-11). Προετοιμασμένος για σφαγή. 19χρονος με 15 σφαίρες, τραυμάτισε 3 και αυτοκτόνησε γιατί «δεν άντεχε την απαξίωση». Ta Nea (in Greek) (tanea.gr).
  5. ↑ Στο μικροσκόπιο τα όπλα και ο υπολογιστής του 19χρονου. Οι Αρχές αναζητούν την προέλευση των δύο περιστρόφων. Ta Nea (in Greek) (tanea.gr). 2009-04-11. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  6. ↑ Εκτός κινδύνου ο 18χρονος σπουδαστής- θύμα της επίθεσης στη σχολή του ΟΑΕΔ (in Greek). in.gr. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  7. ↑ Iliev, Nick (2009-04-10). "Shooting spree in Greek college leaves four injured including gunman". The Sofia Echo. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  8. ↑ "Greek kills himself after shooting 3 men". United Press International. 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  9. ↑ Carassava, Anthee (2009-04-10). "Greece: Student Shoots 3 in Athens". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  10. ↑ Θα πεθάνετε όλοι (in Greek). zougla.gr. 2009-04-11. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
  11. ↑ "Προαναγγελία στο Internet φέρεται να είχε αναρτήσει ο δράστης της επίθεσης στο Ρέντη" (in Greek). in.gr. 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2009-04-10.

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