2 killed, 10 injured in suspected family vendetta on Greek island of Crete | World News

Greece’s top police officials including the head of the national police and the chief of the organised crime unit were travelling to Crete on Saturday. (File Photo)

Two people were killed and at least ten others injured in a shooting in a village on the Greek island of Crete, Reuters reported.

The police said the shooting took place on Saturday in the village of Vorizia. A senior police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the attack appeared to be linked to a long-running family vendetta.
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“The incident looks like it stems from a family dispute,” the officer told Reuters. Authorities have not released details about the suspected gunman.

A second police officer told Reuters that the shooting followed an explosion on Friday night at a construction site, where a bomb had been planted.

Both officers spoke anonymously as they were not authourised to comment publicly. Crete has a long hory of violent feuds between families over issues of revenge and honour.

Greece’s top police officers, including the head of the national police and the chief of the organised crime unit, were travelling to Crete on Saturday to oversee the investigation, Reuters said.