One of Greece’s most notorious urban terrorists on Sunday received another prison furlough, this time extending to six days.
“17 November” arch-assassin Dimitris Koufodinas was released from a farm prison outside the central port city of Volos on Sunday morning and must return to the same facility by Friday.
His furlough is for four days, with another two days allocated for travelling to and from Volos area to a residence north of Athens, a distance of roughly 160 kilometers, one way.
His successive furloughs from prison over the past year have generated extensive criticism by the families of N17’s victims, the governments of the US, Turkey and the UK, as well as the mainstream political opposition in the country. US, Turkish and British diplomatic personnel were among the victims of the far-leftist terror group’s attacks between 1975 and 2002.
Koufodinas has been convicted and sentenced to multiple life terms for his involvement in the notorious terrorist group. He lived under an alias as an unassuming beekeeper outside the rural north Attica prefecture settlement of Varnavas until he was detected and surrendered to authorities.
He has taken advantage of a revised prison code, passed by the leftist-rightist coalition in 2016, giving even inmates convicted of multiple felony charges the right to request a furlough.
