Konstantinos Giovanopoulos

Albanian authorities handling the case of the fatal shooting of an ethnic Greek man by police on Sunday have not briefed his relatives on the case, a lawyer representing the family said on Thursday.

A 35-year-old Greek man who was fatally shot by Albanian police in southern Albania last Sunday was not fired at from close range, according to a lawyer representing the victim's relatives.

In comments to reporters after talking to a Greek coroner who examined the body, the lawyer Konstantinos Giovanopoulos said that the 35-year-old was shot twice in the chest.