The scene in Athens after the British diplomat Brigadier Stephen Saunders was shot dead by terrorists in June 2000 APA terrorist convicted of killing more than a dozen people, including a former British military attaché, has been granted leave from prison. Dimitris Koufodinas was jailed for orchestrating 13 political assassinations Yiorgos Karahalis/ReutersIn 2003 Dimitris Koufodinas, 44, was sentenced to more than 1,300 years in prison for orchestrating 13 political assassinations, dozens of bomb attacks and bank robberies. The 48-hour release is the first time Koufodinas has been out of jail since he gave himself up 15 years ago. He is required to report to a police station near his home in Varnavas, 25 miles from Athens, twice a day. His assassination of Brigadier Stephen Saunders, Britain’s top military official in Greece, in 2000 was the group’s final hit before a British-led investigation…

Source: The Times November 10, 2017 01:07 UTC