A member of the Zein family that controls Naftomar, a Greece-based LPG and tanker player, died from a shotgun wound in his villa on Thursday.
The state-run Athens News Agency reported that a shotgun was discovered next to the body of a 63-year-old Syrian national in the building’s basement in the Athens suburb of Voula.
Police are investigating, with death by suicide being the most likely scenario, ANA said without disclosing the name of the victim.
Several Greek websites identified him as Imad Zein, a member of the family behind Naftomar, and reported that a suicide note was found next to the body.
Officials at the company were not available by phone for comment. In a later statement, however, his family confirmed Imad Zein's death and announced that the burial ceremony would take place in an Athens mosque on Saturday.
Imad Zein did not feature among Naftomar’s senior executive management on company’s LinkedIn page or in information listed in the Greek Shipping Directory.
The company’s managing director is Riad Zein. Several other members of the Zein family’s next generation are occupying positions with the firm.
Naftomar was originally based in Lebanon, but the Zein family moved the company’s headquarters to Athens more than 30 years ago.
This made the firm one of Greece’s oldest LPG carrier players.
Naftomar currently manages more than 20 ships, most of which are LPG carriers.
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