Popular Fighters Group

No link between Pangrati arms cache and Ambelokipi incident, official tells Kathimerini

Published by Kathimerini on Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:28

The arms cache discovered in a storage area of an apartment in the Athens neighborhood of Pangrati on Tuesday evening does not appear to be connected to the recent incident in the area of Ambelokipi, a senior official from the Ministry of Citizen Protection has told Kathimerini.

Greek urban guerrillas OLA claim TV station attack

Published by Kathimerini on Wed, 01/09/2019 - 07:30

A Greek urban guerrilla group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a blast last month outside one of Greece's biggest TV stations and it accused media of promoting a "capitalist" agenda in the country.

In the claim posted on a website, the Popular Fighters Group (OLA), accused media of helping to preserve a "rotting economic and political system."

Veteran anarchists behind group that claimed court attack

Published by Kathimerini on Sun, 12/31/2017 - 09:00

Two self-styled anarchists who were among 394 people arrested during a 1995 police sweep at the Athens Polytechnic, as well as three to four younger recruits, comprise the Popular Fighters Group that claimed responsibility for the December 22 bombing attack at an Athens courthouse, according to senior Greek Police and Citizens' Protection Ministry officials. 

Suspected terrorist surrenders

Published by Protothema on Tue, 10/13/2015 - 13:32

This morning the 37-year-old P.A. surrendered at Public Prosecutor’s Office of District Court Judges and then he was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Unit since there was a warrant out for his arrest.

Authorities estimate that he has involved in Popular Fighters Group, and had met with people of Maziotis and Petrakos team.

Captured fugitive terrorist was planning major prison hit, police says

Published by Kathimerini on Sun, 01/04/2015 - 18:45

Captured fugitive Christodoulos Xeros, convicted to six life sentences over as many murders committed by terrorist group November 17, had been planning a major attack against Koydallos Prison, the police said on Sunday.

Xeros had been at large for a year after failing to return from furlough in January 2014 and until his arrest on Saturday in Anavyssos, southeast of Athens.