Police said to have found hideout of escaped convict, terror suspect

Counter-terrorism officers in Athens have discovered what they believe to be the hideout of an escaped convict and suspected member of an urban guerrilla group who was arrested on January 30 while on the run from prison. The suspect had been convicted to 13 years in prison for an armed attack against police in 2015.

Officers raided an apartment in Athens that was rented under the name of one of two women who were arrested last week with the escaped prisoner, identified as Yiannis Michalidis, a 32-year-old alleged member of the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire dubbed "Syntagma archer" for trying to shoot at police with a bow-and-arrow during an Athens protest in 2011.

The apartment had reportedly been rented by the woman - believed to be Michailidis' girlfriend - in September 2019. Police raided the property just as it was being cleared out by a man who said he had been...