Laborer dies in Greece in failed police raid

TIRANA, Feb. 17 – Greek media reported that a 25-year-old Albanian plumber was killed Tuesday afternoon in the eastern Athens district of Vyronas after getting caught in a shootout between two criminal suspects and police officers.
The worker had been walking by when – at the urging of police – two suspects emerged from a house but, instead of giving themselves up, opened fire on the officers.
The suspects, believed to be fugitives from a Larissa jail and to have been involved in a string of violent bank robberies, fired their guns and threw five hand grenades at the officers, three of which exploded.
The police returned fire and the plumber was hurt in the shootout. He later died of his injuries in hospital.
Two policemen were also wounded though the extent of their injuries remained unclear.
One suspect was arrested immediately. The other was later found hiding in the loft of a nearby bakery.