ATHENS Ñ Over the weekend, Greece arrested three more suspected members of
November
17. So far, 10 suspected insurgents have been arrested, including
Alexandros Yotopoulos, said to have been the leader of the group.
The Athens daily Eleftherotypia reported that November 17 plotted to
attack NATO peacekeepers. The newspaper said the insurgency group planned to
attack a NATO convoy heading from Greece to Kosovo, Middle East Newsline reported.
Meqnwhile, Greece has assessed that it could be the target of a new
insurgency group.
The group is called the New Revolutionary Popular Struggle and has
claimed responsibility for a bombing of a Greek company. The bombing, which
caused no injuries and slight damage, took place on Tuesday in the port of
Piraeus.
Officials said the group claimed responsibility for the bombing in a
telephone call to the Greek daily Eleftherotypia. But they said they believe
the bombing was in connection to the crackdown of the November 17 insurgency
movement.
The appearance of the group, which could have links to November 17,
comes as Greek authorities are moving closer to identifying leaders of the
Marxist November 17. They said a leading suspect is Dimitris Koufontinas, a
44-year-old Greek national regarded as the liasion between the secret
leadership and the members of the organization.
Officials said their investigation of November 17 and an inspection of
records and guns found in safe houses have led to several conclusions by
authorities. One is that November 17 received little if any foreign funding,
rather resorted to armed robberies to obtain funds.
