Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire

Counterterrorism officers were seeking to broaden their investigation into suspected links between Greek domestic terrorist organizations following the arrest Monday of Angeliki Spyropoulou, an alleged accomplice of November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros, and two people with suspected links to convicted members of the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire guerrilla group.

Police on Friday arrested 15 suspects believed to be linked to a 54-year-old former police officer who is being investigated for his alleged connection to Christodoulos Xeros, the November 17 terrorist who was captured earlier this month after spending nearly a year on the run.

Convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros, who was arrested last weekend in Anavyssos, southeast of Athens, after a year on the run, was transferred on Friday to Domokos Prison in central Greece.

Forensics investigators on Thursday were scouring a van for any possible evidence that it is linked to a suspected jailbreak being planned by convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros before his recent recapture.

Police sources on Wednesday expressed certainty that convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros, who was arrested last weekend in Anavyssos, southeast of Athens, and his alleged accomplices had maintained a third hideout, possibly in the Greek capital.

Greek police officials have raised the possibility that convicted terrorist Christoforos Xeros's activities while on the run may have been financed by convicted criminals serving time in local correctional facilities, Kathimerini understands.

Police on Tuesday found equipment that could be used to construct 100 bombs at a second hideout allegedly used by Christodoulos Xeros, the November 17 terrorist who was arrested on Saturday after 12 months on the run from authorities.

Police were searching on Monday a second house linked to November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros, who was arrested on Saturday at Anavyssos, southeast of Athens.

The property, in Loutraki some 80 kilometers west of Athens, was rented by a young woman using the same fake ID card that was found at the property Xeros had been living in when he was caught.

An Athens court on Wednesday handed prison sentences ranging from 15 to 16 years to six men found guilty of carrying out a double armed robbery on a bank and a post office in Velvento, northern Greece, in February 2013, but cleared them of suspected links to urban guerrilla group Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire.

Police found a Kalashnikov assault rifle, a handgun, a hand grenade and numerous bullets Wednesday while searching homes in Athens and Thessaloniki used by six people who were detained and are linked to bank robberies and possibly terrorist activity.