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A Greek man on Sunday fatally shot two people near a hotel on the resort island of Corfu before killing himself, police said. A police statement said the 67-year-old man had fatally shot a 60-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man with a hunting rifle before turning the gun on himself. "We got a report on gunshots being fired at 11:30 am (0830 GMT), near a hotel" in the coastal resort of Dasia, a police officer in Athens said. State news agency ANA said the man had shot his landlady and a neighbour over an apparent eviction threat. An eyewitness told AFP by telephone that the incident occurred on a side road opposite the entrance of a five-star hotel. There was initial confusion over the victims, with state TV ERT describing them as a French expat couple. The police later said one of the victims was a Greek man who lived in France. No injuries have been reported among the hotel residents. jph/har
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