Sechta Epanastaton

Sechta Epanastaton ( Greek Σέχτα Επαναστατών ; sect of the revolutionaries ) is a militant underground organization of the radical left in Greece , which appeared publicly through several violent, sometimes fatal attacks and attacks. The group is considered a terrorist organization by the United States Department of State .

ideology

Were each targets attacked by the group that in claiming responsibility for " corruption ", " unemployment ," government " arbitrary " and the "impoverishment of the masses" by the " globalization " (also) be held responsible. The Greek authorities and media believe that the Sechta Epanastaton is ideologically and personally networked with the terrorist groups Epanastatikos Agonas , Epanastatikos Laikos Agonas (ELA) and the November 17th Revolutionary Organization .

Attacks and assaults

• The group assumed responsibility for the attack on a police station in Korydallos on February 4, 2009, in which submachine guns and hand grenades were used. In a published statement she called police officers: " Donuts - better with a hole in the middle".

• The organization confessed to the shooting at the Athens office of the private television broadcaster Alter on February 17, 2009.

• On February 18, 2009, around 50 masked people stormed into a seminar at the University of Athens and assaulted the well-known criminology professor Giannis Panousis and others present - lawyers, prosecutors and judges.

• At around 6:20 am on June 17, 2009, three perpetrators opened fire on a police officer in the Patissia residential area . The 41-year-old police officer Nektarios Savvas was supposed to protect an important witness in the trial against the left-wing extremist Greek terrorist group Revolutionary People's Struggle (ELA). He was hit by numerous bullets and died on the scene. The police found bullets at the scene from a weapon that had been used in previous attacks by the revolutionary sect . A few days later, the group confessed to the attack in a letter of confession.

• On July 19, 2010, the journalist Sokratis Giolias was hit by 15 bullets and killed in front of his house in the Athens suburb of Ilioupolis . According to the police, 9-millimeter cartridge cases were found at the crime scene from two weapons, which the "sect of revolutionaries" had already used in the murder of the anti-terrorist police officer on June 17, 2009, in the attack on a police station in February 2009 as well had used the attack on the television station in the same month. After a week, the group confessed to the crime in a letter of confession and announced further attacks on journalists, prison officials and police officers

Individual evidence

1. ↑ US Department of State : Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , state.gov, accessed March 1, 2011. (English) 
2. ↑ US Department of State: Greece - Country Specific Information ( Memento of the original dated December 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , travel.state.gov, accessed July 19, 2010. (English) 
3. ↑ Terrorists proclaim links to the past , ekathimerini.com, June 25, 2009, accessed on July 19, 2010. (English)
4. ↑ Death threat to Greek media as terrorists plot bomb havoc , guardian.co.uk, February 22, 2009, accessed July 19, 2010. (English)
5. ↑ "Sect of Revolutionaries" claims attack on Greek police station , emportal.rs, February 5, 2009, accessed on July 19, 2010. (English)
6. ↑ Giorgios Nikolaidis: New terror group a worry for police , ekathimerini.com, February 6, 2009, accessed on July 19, 2010. (English)
7. ↑ ^{a b} Apostolis Fotiadis: Greece: Violence Begins to Take Hold ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ipsnews.net, March 5, 2009, accessed July 19, 2010. (English) 
8. ↑ Greece: Terror group "Sechta Epanastaton" presumably responsible for the murder of police officers  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , griechenland.net, June 18, 2009, accessed July 19, 2010.  
9. ↑ "Revolutionary Sect" takes responsibility for murder , tanea.gr, June 22, 2009, accessed on July 19, 2010. (Greek)
10. ^ "Journalist hit by at least 15 bullets" Der Standard from July 20, 2010
11. ↑ "Fatal attack on a journalist" ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Greece newspaper from July 19, 2010 
12. ^ "Journalist death by Greek sect members" Focus of July 27, 2010, accessed on July 28, 2010
13. ↑ "Sect of Revolutionaries Announces Attacks" ( Memento of the original of July 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The July 27, 2010 standard, accessed July 28, 2010 

Web links

• Greece: New Terror with Old Roots , Die Presse , June 17, 2009.
• Murder at Dawn , Der Spiegel , June 19, 2009.