Revolutionary Struggle

Greek police early on Thursday arrested a militant who was in hiding with her child and whose Revolutionary Struggle group has carried out more than a dozen armed attacks, including one on the US embassy in Athens in 2007.

The police believe that the Popular Fighters Group which was most likely behind the armed attack on the Israeli embassy in Athens on Friday is made up of anti-establishment figures who have been involved in armed robberies and gun running or is formed by a network of anarchists brought together by Nikos Maziotios, a convicted terrorist currently serving a 50-year prison sentence.

Police in Greece on alert after terrorist's capture

Greek authorities say there has been an exchange of gunfire in the Athens tourist district of Monastiraki, during what appeared to be a robbery attempt on a jewelry shop. At least three people have been wounded.

Police say one of the wounded in Wednesday's shootout has been arrested and his identity is being checked.

Greek police arrested one of the country's most wanted men – a fugitive convicted of terrorism – during a shootout Wednesday in Athens' central tourist district that left four people wounded, authorities said.