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Greek Far-Left Terror Group Leader Is Released at Age 82. But the Decision Could Be Reversed
The 82-year-old was freed under conditions after a panel cited age, health and good behavior, and a prosecutor is reviewing the ruling.
- On Thursday, Alexandros Giotopoulos, mastermind of a defunct Greek Marxist group, was released from Korydallos prison in Athens after a judicial panel approved his request.
- The group carried out a 27-year campaign of assassinations in Greece, responsible for 23 killings beginning with the 1975 fatal shooting of Richard Welch, a CIA station chief.
- Arrested when the group was dismantled, Giotopoulos was convicted by a Greek court in 2003 and sentenced to life terms plus 25 years imprisonment for his crimes.
- Under the terms of his release, Giotopoulos must remain in the country, reside at a provided address, and report to a police station regularly.
- The group's targets included a Navy captain, a Turkish diplomat, and British defense attaché Stephen Saunders, killed during the group's final known attack in 2000.
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The Shame of the Release of Giotopoulos
Today’s Greece does not seem to have anything in common with the Greece of the “November 17”. That tragic chapter appeared to have been forcefully and definitively closed. And yet yesterday, for a moment, the Court of Appeals’ decision to release the ruthless terrorist Alexandros Giotopoulos violently dragged us back to that tragic period in the country’s history. Like a bomb out of nowhere, the news of the release of the notorious “Lambros” aft…
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Greek far-left terror group leader is released at age 82. But the decision could be reversed
The head of a far-left Greek militant group that killed four American officials and 19 others has been released from a maximum-security prison.
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