Greece: Fugitive leader of Revolutionary Struggle arrested after Athens shootout
Nikos Maziotis, the convicted leader of the Revolutionary Struggle leftist guerrilla group who has been on the run from police for two years, was arrested in central Athens following a shootout with police shortly after noon.
Police have been seeking Maziotis since July 2012 when he broke strict conditions, including a ban on leaving the prefecture of Attica, when he was released from pre-trial custody after serving the maximum legal time of 18 months on remand.
According to media reports, police were aware that Maziotis was in Athens and were following him in a covert operation. At 12.35, after he emerged from a shop on in Mitropoleos street where he purchased a sports bag, police demanded that Maziotis, who was wearing a wig and glasses, surrender himself.