An 89-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly wounding five people in two separate shootings in Athens, with his lawyer claiming the attacks were an act of "protest and despair" against Greek public services.

The man reportedly opened fire with a shotgun at a branch of Greece’s EFKA social security agency, injuring an employee in the leg. He then travelled by taxi to a court building where he discharged several more shots, lightly wounding four female court clerks.

He was later apprehended at a hotel in Patras, approximately 200 km (124 miles) from the capital.…