Greek terrorist hitman on hunger strike granted 3rd furlough
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek officials agreed late Thursday to grant a third furlough in eight months to a convicted far-left terrorist serving multiple life terms for a string of murders, and who was on a hunger strike pressing for his demand.
The decision followed a series of protests and vandal attacks by anarchist sympathizers of Dimitris Koufodinas, including a peaceful protest on the ancient Acropolis in Athens.
A lawyer representing Koufodinas, a member of the deadly November 17 group, said her client was calling off his 15-day hunger strike. He will get his two-day furlough once he is released from hospital, where he was taken because of his hunger strike.