A Greek journalist has been killed after gunmen opened fire outside his home in Athens early Monday.

Sokratis Giolias, a renowned journalist in Greece was reported to have been shot 15 times by gunmen in front of his house.

According to the Troktiko website which was founded by Giolias and one of the country’s most visited news source, alleged that an anonymous phone call had been made to the 37-year-old that his car was being stolen.

As Giolias went outside, the alleged three gunmen then opened fire at the father, and shot at him in a cold blooded attack.

One source alleged that the men had police uniforms on but this information has not yet been confirmed.

Greek police have confirmed that two guns were used in the attack according to witnesses.

It was not yet known who or why Giolias was murdered, but the journalist was renowned for his work on the Thema FM radio station and on Troktiko news blog where he tackled politicians and business men for fraud, foul play and many other issues.

Greece has a high corruption rate, and very few media outlets and journalists, such as Giolias ever criticized politicians and businesses on these issues.

The Greek’s will be going through austerity measures to pay for the joint IMF and EU €110 billion bailout too take the country out of debt.

However the Greeks had gone through several general strikes as many had complained that the debts had been made by corrupt politicians, which is a sign of the severity that Greek politics is in.

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