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Actor threatened at gunpoint by Athens taxi driver

Actor threatened at gunpoint by Athens taxi driver

Greek actor Giannis Stankoglou was threatened at gunpoint by a taxi driver in central Athens on Friday afternoon.

According to early information from the scene, the actor was driving near Syntagma Square when a taxi driver swerved into his lane. After some arguing, the actor exited his vehicle to write down the taxi’s license plate. At that point, the taxi driver pulled out a pistol and then tried to run over the actor before fleeing the scene.

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