Greek President's home targeted by Koufodinas supporters

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February 24, 2021 5:04 pm

The residence of Greece's President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, was targeted by supporters of convicted terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas on Tuesday afternoon.

The group threw flyers in support of the hunger-striking prisoner and shouted slogans before departing. None of them were detained.

Stressing that "Democracy is neither terrorised nor blackmailed", government spokesman Christos Tarantilis condemned the attack.

63-year-old Dimitris Koufodinas is serving 11 life sentences for murder, armed robbery and use of firearms and explosives as a leading member of the militant group November 17, whose members remained at large for decades until a botched bomb attack in 2002.

He argues that his transfer in December to a high-security prison in central Greece was illegal and is demanding to return to the Athens prison where he had spent most of his sentence so far.

Moreover on Monday evening, 5 individuals also vandalised the offices of Action24 sports TV station.

They sprayed slogans relating to Koufodinas’ case and threw rocks, damaging the glass-front entrance. Police detained one person so far.

Deputy Prime Minister Thodoris Livanios condemned the attack with a post on Twitter: "Every attack against news media is an attack against Democracy".

*More on GCT: Anarchists splash red paint on Greece’s Parliament House in support of terrorist Koufodinas
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