Shock and deep sorrow prevails in Rethymnon Following the unmistakable family tragedy on Saturday morning (31/5) at the City General Hospital. An 87 -year -old man shot and killed his 85 -year -old wife, who was hospitalized at a final stage of cancer before turning the gun to himself.
‘He wanted to leave together’
The woman was hospitalized in the surgical clinic after a recent intervention, with her health deteriorating rapidly in recent days. The elderly husband was constantly on her side, however – according to first reports – she could not see her suffer.
Rethymnon: The 87 -year -old also came up with and killed his wife in Rethymnon Hospital
The time of the tragedy
According to information so far, the 87 -year -old asked their son – who was in the room – to go out on the balcony for a while. As soon as she was left alone with his wife, she locked the door and pulled out a gun with which she shot her three times, causing her death. Then he was set on his own.
The shootings caused panic in the hospital, with staff rushing to the room. The perpetrator was seriously injured and intubated, but ended up in the Intensive Care Unit a few hours later.
Shocked local community and medical community
Police officers from the Rethymnon Security Directorate, as well as a sign of the marking, rushed to the spot, and the news has caused shocking both in Rethymnon society and hospital staff.
It is a case that highlights, in the most tragic way, despair, impatience, but also the tightening in front of each other’s incurable pain. A “goodbye” dipped in sadness, love and extreme despair.