Hitman

The rally was on support for the hitman of the left-wing terrorist organization “November 17”, Dimitris Koufontinas, who is on hunger strike

An article by the president of the union of judges and prosecutors, Christoforos Sevastidis, backing the granting of a furlough to convicted November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas, has made waves in judicial circles.

Jailed November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas, whose seventh furlough was rejected by a council of judges in Volos, central Greece, on Wednesday, described the decision as a "foregone conclusion."

Dimitris Koufodinas, the convicted hitman of the disbanded Greek terrorist organization November 17 was transferred on Friday morning from Attica's high-security Korydallos Prison to an "agricultural" prison in Volos, central Greece.

The move was carried out following a decision by a transfers committee overseen by the Justice Ministry.

UK ambassador to Greece Kate Smith voiced her strong opposition to the second furlough granted on Friday to November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas.

In a message on Twitter the British diplomat wrote: "It's extremely disheartening to see an unrepentant convicted terrorist coming out of prison again."

The government on Tuesday rejected an amendment brought to Parliament by New Democracy aimed at scrapping a law passed in 2015 which allows certain prisoners convicted of serious felonies to be granted furloughs.

As the murder trial of two former secret service officials continues in Germany, 2015 will see potentially explosive testimony from a former hitman for Yugoslav intelligence.

A hitman who opened fire on three people believed to be associated with a local gangster has been shot dead in Tirana.

Police said he was killed by a plainclothes officer, who was with the three targets of the attempted assassination at the time.

The officer was gravely injured in the shootout, while another member of the group targeted by the hitman was injured.

The drummer with legendary rock band AC/DC, Phil Rudd, was accused Nov. 6 of trying to hire a hitman to kill two men after police raided his luxury New Zealand home.

Police swooped on the veteran rocker's waterfront house at Tauranga in the North Island in the early hours and charged him with "attempting to procure murder" and threatening to kill.