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A Romanian man who is suspected of taking part in the December 5 murder of acclaimed Greek novelist Menis Koumandareas, 83, in his Athens home, has turned himself into the prosecutor investigating the case, according to reports on Friday.

A 26-year-old Romanian man was arrested in Athens on Tuesday on suspicion of murdering author Menis Koumandareas at his home on December 6. Police are also searching for another Romanian man.

Out of a total of 330 Syrian refugees, among them children, sleeping rough on Syntagma Square for nearly three weeks, 50 have accepted an offer of shelter from the City of Athens and will be applying for asylum in Greece rather than continuing their protest in demand of papers allowing them to leave the country for northern Europe.

Acclaimed Greek author Menis Koumantareas was strangled to death, a post-mortem examination has found.

Koumantareas was found murdered at his apartment in the Kypseli neighborhood of Athens early on Saturday. There were no signs of forced entry at the property.

A coroner said that Koumantareas had struggled with his killer and bore bruising in his stomach and on his head.

Two men suspected of kidnapping a 27-year-old medical student from near her home in the Athens neighborhood of Kypseli earlier this month were remanded in custody on Wednesday.

The two suspects, aged 48 and 53, are alleged to have held the woman at a home in Artemida, northeastern Attica, until they were paid an 82,500-euro ransom.

Two men were arrested on Sunday on suspicion of kidnapping a 27-year-old medical student and holding her to ransom.

The two suspects are Greeks aged 48 and 53. A third man, of Albanian nationality is being sought.

A document submitted to an Athens court on Tuesday lists dozens of lawsuits and convictions involving members and supporters of neofascist Golden Dawn going back to 1996, indicating that the party’s alleged criminal activity started much earlier than 2008, as suggested by prosecutor Isidoros Doyiakos, who has been handling an investigation into GD.

A 27-year-old woman kidnapped on October 31 in the Athens neighborhood of Kypseli on Monday told investigators about about her ordeal following her release in exchange for an 82,500-euro ransom as the police sought to trace her abductors.

A 27-year-old woman kidnapped on October 31 in Athens has been released by her abductors after her family paid an 82,500-euro ransom.

The woman, who has not been named, was kidnapped in the neighborhood of Kypseli. The abductors called her father and initially demanded 10 million euros but after protracted negotiations they lowered the sum.

 Revolutionary Struggle suspect says he ‘will not yield’ as new photo released

Counterterrorism police officers continued an investigation over the weekend into the connections of 31-year-old Antonis Stambopoulos, who has been linked to jailed Revolutionary Struggle leader Nikos Maziotis.