Large-Scale Police Operation Uncovers 'Nov. 17' Hideout in Athens

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Large-Scale Police Operation Uncovers 'Nov. 17' Hideout in Athens

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Greek police launched a large-scale operation on Wednesday, locating a ''November 17'' terrorist Organisation hideout in the Athens Patisia neighborhood, seizing weapons, rockets of all types, printed material and a computer.

Among the arms were military rockets of several types and firearms, while tests will be conducted on the computer to assess whether it was the one used to write the shadowy murderous terrorist organization's latest proclamations.

Initially, police evacuated the apartment complex and then entered the basement apartment, where the weaponry was discovered,with police bomb disposal experts entering first in the event thatthe apartment was booby-trapped.

The hideout was discovered at around 5 p.m. local time and the investigation was continuing, and in the evening, police officialsreleased photographs of alleged terrorist Savvas Xiros to the media.

The officials stated that the photographs, which depict Xiros at different times of his life, were released to solicit additional information from the public.

Savvas Xiros, 40, was wounded in a would-be terrorist attack inPiraeus on Saturday, and continued to be closely guarded on Wednesday in an Athens hospital, where he was taken as he sustained injuries during the premature explosion of a bomb he carried.

According to sources, police have questioned over 100 people inAthens and northern Greek city of Salonica, as well as throughout the country, while several witnesses of past ''November 17'' attacks voluntarily provided information to police.

Such witnesses placed Xiros, a church mural and icon painter, at the site of late Shipowner Peratikos' murder by the elusive, todate, terrorist group, which took place on May 28 1997, the sources said.

Police were also looking for the former wife of Xiros, according to sources, so that she may be questioned.

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