Fugitive Greek far-left militant recaptured in Athens
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Greek police say they have recaptured a convicted far-left militant wanted for more than four years after she absconded during her trial on domestic terrorism charges.
A police statement says 48-year-old Pola Roupa was captured in Athens early Thursday. Police also arrested a 25-year-old Greek woman in whose apartment Roupa was found.
Roupa was convicted in absentia of participating in the anarchist Revolutionary Struggle group. Because of delays in the process, her pre-trial detention exceeded the maximum 18-month limit, and she was freed on condition of regularly appearing at her local police station.
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But together with her partner and fellow terrorism suspect, Nikos Maziotis, she vanished in 2012. Maziotis was recaptured in 2014.
Revolutionary Struggle's actions, which included a rocket attack on the U.S. embassy in Athens, claimed no lives.