Three fugitive brothers, linked to a fatal shootout in the village of Vorizia, in the southern foothills of the Psiloritis mountain, just 53 km from Heraklion, on the island of Crete, which left two dead over the weekend, have reportedly turned themselves in.

The three Frangiadakis brothers, after coming under pressure from older family members and following consultation with their legal representatives, agreed to surrender to the authorities of their own volition.

The three men had been hiding in a village about 20 minutes from Vorizia, from where they were picked up by a police patrol car, which is currently transporting them to Heraklion.

On Wednesday morning, they will be brought before the investigating magistrate, as arrest warrants had already been issued against them.

Saturday morning, gunfire erupted in the streets and surrounding farmland, lasting for hours. When the shooting stopped, a 39-year-old man, identified as Fanouris Kargakis, a father of five, was dead, along with a 56-year-old woman from the Frangiadakis family, who is believed to have died of cardiac arrest amid the chaos.

More than a dozen people were hospitalized in the shootout in Crete, some with serious injuries. Witnesses described scenes of panic as residents fled their homes or barricaded themselves inside.