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Watch shocking the moment a policeman shoots a robber trying to stab him in Athens (video)

The criminal tried to rob a bank earlier

Newsroom August 4 10:05

The shocking moments of a police officer shooting a robber in Athens are captured on CCTV footage obtained by protothema.gr. The bloody gunfight in Kolonos ended in the injury of the 38-year-old robber who a short time earlier had broken into a bank branch.

The video captured the moment when the 38-year-old moved towards the policeman with a knife in hand ready to stab him, with the latter using his gun and wounding him in the abdomen.

 

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