The small society in Elos remains frozen Kissamos at Chania from the brutal murder of a 52-year-old man by his cousin during the Chestnut festival.
Everything happened in an instant with the 23-year-old shooting his cousin before the fearful crowd who was at the Chestnut festival in Elos Kissamos in Chania.
According to ERT a few days ago the victim during a fight slapped the perpetrator who had family differences.
This fight was the reason that armed the hand of the 23-year-old to commit the murder.
The two families have several siblings with authorities fearing reprisals and the possibility of a feud breaking out.
However, the information from the perpetrator’s family states that the 23-year-old will be handed over within the day, although police have launched a manhunt to locate him.
Another person was injured in the shooting and is hospitalized in a serious condition. According to eyewitnesses, there were women and children dancing on the dance floor at the time of the murder.
Everything happened late Sunday afternoon (26.10.2025) in the village of Elos in the municipality of Kissamos where the Chestnut festival was in progress.
Hundreds of people were at the celebration where they danced and had fun to the sounds of Cretan artists.
Shortly after 6 pm, the perpetrator appeared at the scene and pulling out his gun approaches the 52-year-old. She shoots him in the chest and runs off in an unknown direction.
Panic prevailed from the shootings, a doctor and an off-duty police officer who were at the scene performed CPR on the victim, however, despite being transported by EKAV ambulance to the Kissamos Health Center and then to the Chania hospital, he did not manage to survive.