Communist terrorism

A 23-year-old alleged to be an accomplice of convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros [photo] has been given an extension to prepare his testimony.

The suspect, who was arrested Wednesday in the southern Athenian suburb of Glyfada, will testify on Tuesday. He faces charges of theft and of belonging to a terrorist organization.

A 23-year-old man believed to be an accomplice of convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros was arrested Wednesday in Glyfada, south of Athens, police said.

Two weeks after the arrest of convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros, authorities at Domokos Prison in central Greece, have warned that recent transfers to the facility?s maximum-security wing pose a threat to ?order.?

Police were on Wednesday questioning two suspected accomplices of November 17 convict Christodoulos Xeros including a 54-year-old man who formerly served with the Greek Police?s special forces unit (EKAM) and the force?s counterterrorism department.

Greek police said they have arrested two accomplices of Christodoulos Xeros, the November 17 terrorist who was arrested on January 3 after 12 months on the run from authorities.

Convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros, who was arrested last weekend in Anavyssos, southeast of Athens, after a year on the run, was transferred on Friday to Domokos Prison in central Greece.

Forensics investigators on Thursday were scouring a van for any possible evidence that it is linked to a suspected jailbreak being planned by convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros before his recent recapture.

Police on Tuesday found equipment that could be used to construct 100 bombs at a second hideout allegedly used by Christodoulos Xeros, the November 17 terrorist who was arrested on Saturday after 12 months on the run from authorities.

Police were searching on Monday a second house linked to November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros, who was arrested on Saturday at Anavyssos, southeast of Athens.

The property, in Loutraki some 80 kilometers west of Athens, was rented by a young woman using the same fake ID card that was found at the property Xeros had been living in when he was caught.

Captured fugitive Christodoulos Xeros, convicted to six life sentences over as many murders committed by terrorist group November 17, had been planning a major attack against Koydallos Prison, the police said on Sunday.

Xeros had been at large for a year after failing to return from furlough in January 2014 and until his arrest on Saturday in Anavyssos, southeast of Athens.