A GREEK man killed his girlfriend on the island of Santorini before cutting off her head and escaping in a police car.
During the ensuing chase the 31-year-old suspect was shot five times by police and ran over two doctors who were riding a motorcycle before he was caught, the Associated Press reported.
Athanassios Arvanitis, a cook at a local restaurant, was having surgery at an island hospital after he was shot by police, said Chrysanthos Roussos, head of Santorini district police.
Neighbours said Arvanitis beheaded his girlfriend`s dog with a butcher knife following a heated argument, then killed and beheaded the woman.
The victim, 25-year-old Adamantia Karkali, was a teacher at a local village said local mayor Angelos Roussos.
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