Communist terrorism

Domokos Prison inmates Nikos Maziotis, Costas Gournas and Dimitris Koufodinas announced on Monday they were going on a hunger strike in a call for the abolition of the Type C maximum-security prison wing at the penitentiary facilities in central Greece, among other demands.

Police have made another two arrests after catching Angeliki Sotiropoulou, an alleged accomplice of November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros and members of the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire urban guerrilla group.

Police arrested a total of three people over the weekend in connection to November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros, who was on the run for more than a year until he was recaptured in January.

One man was arrested and another detained in Athens on Saturday in connection to the November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros, who was recaptured in January after a year on the run.

An investigating magistrate probing the activities of the leftist guerrilla group Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire on Thursday gave three alleged members of the group additional time, until March 7, to prepare their defense on charges of membership of a terrorist organization.

The guerrilla organization Group of Popular Fighters has claimed responsibility for a shooting attack on the Israeli Embassy in Athens in December, the police said on Wednesday after collecting a memory stick with the group?s proclamation from a trash bin in Nea Smyrni.

Shril allegations of “rat” and “snitch” were the scathing barbs aimed by members of a jailed urban terror gang on Tuesday against one-time fugitive and “old guard” terrorist Christodoulos Xiros.

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.

A 23-year-old alleged to be an accomplice of convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros [photo] has been given an extension to prepare his testimony.

The suspect, who was arrested Wednesday in the southern Athenian suburb of Glyfada, will testify on Tuesday. He faces charges of theft and of belonging to a terrorist organization.

A 23-year-old man believed to be an accomplice of convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros was arrested Wednesday in Glyfada, south of Athens, police said.