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Policeman kills himself in bar while dancing

A policeman in the DIAS motorcycle-riding squad killed himself early on Monday at a bar in Menidi, northern Athens.

Police said the 28-year-old had been out with friends but remained at the bar when they left at around 3 a.m.

Witnesses said that the policeman pulled out his service revolver as he was dancing and shot himself in the head.

He died in the hospital a few hours later.

It was not immediately clear what led the 28-year-old to take his own life.

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