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Fugitive Greek extremist Christodoulos Xiros recaptured | Fugitive Greek extremist Christodoulos Xiros recaptured |
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A left-wing extremist from the Greek militant group November 17 has been re-arrested after almost a year on the run, police say. | A left-wing extremist from the Greek militant group November 17 has been re-arrested after almost a year on the run, police say. |
Christodoulos Xiros, 56, went missing last January after being allowed to visit his family. | Christodoulos Xiros, 56, went missing last January after being allowed to visit his family. |
Convicted in 2003, he was serving life sentences for bombings and shootings. | Convicted in 2003, he was serving life sentences for bombings and shootings. |
While on the loose, Xiros had appeared in a video threatening armed action over austerity measures undertaken under Greece's international bailout. | While on the loose, Xiros had appeared in a video threatening armed action over austerity measures undertaken under Greece's international bailout. |
He was recaptured on Saturday in the coastal town of Anavyssos, south-east of Athens. Police gave no further details. | He was recaptured on Saturday in the coastal town of Anavyssos, south-east of Athens. Police gave no further details. |
Photos released by Greek police show him with a beard and his hair grown long and dyed blonde. | |
November 17 emerged in the mid-1970s and claimed a series of deadly attacks against foreign diplomats and Greek politicians and businessmen over nearly three decades, killing at least 23 people. | November 17 emerged in the mid-1970s and claimed a series of deadly attacks against foreign diplomats and Greek politicians and businessmen over nearly three decades, killing at least 23 people. |
Greece, which has a huge foreign debt, has gone through years of austerity programmes mandated by the IMF-EU bailout. | Greece, which has a huge foreign debt, has gone through years of austerity programmes mandated by the IMF-EU bailout. |
The country is due to hold a snap election on 25 January. The left-wing Syriza party - which wants the terms of the EU-IMF bailout renegotiated - is leading in opinion polls. | The country is due to hold a snap election on 25 January. The left-wing Syriza party - which wants the terms of the EU-IMF bailout renegotiated - is leading in opinion polls. |
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