Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis said he supports the American model of legal gun ownership, praising the right to self-defense and individual freedom while stressing that his view is personal and not government policy

A 55-year-old man in Thessaloniki fired his shotgun into the air to frighten a group of teenagers making noise near his home, but one of them — a 15-year-old boy — was hit by pellets and hospitalized

According to the piece, Brussels is the “capital” of gun violence, with violence related to criminal drug gangs escalating in suburbs.

Local media report that the gunfire on August 4 was a retaliatory act following a prior confrontation. Initially perceived as resolved after the Roma group left the scene, tensions reignited when they returned, this time armed and firing from their vehicles

According to Reuters, the perpetrator, identified by authorities as Aleksandar Martinovic, had a history of illegal weapons possession and was heavily intoxicated at the time of the shooting.