Police raid suspected terrorist hideout in Sepolia

Counter-terrorism officers in Athens have raided what they believe to be a second 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, identified as Yiannis Michalidis, had been convicted to 13 years in prison for an armed attack against police in 2015.
Officers on Sunday discovered the apartment in Sepolia, west of Athens city center, that was rented under the name of Constantina Athanasopoulou in October. Athanasopoulou (an associate of Panagiota Roupa, a leading member of the Revolutionary Struggle guerrilla group, had violated the terms of her conditional release, and disappeared during her trial in June 2019) is one of two women who were arrested late January with Michalidis, a 32-year-old alleged member of the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire dubbed "Syntagma archer" for...