Antonios Androutsopoulos

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Antoniοs Androutsopoulos, known among the members of Hrisi Avgi as Periandros, (born c. 1966) was a leading member of the Greek neo-Nazi organization Hrisi Avgi (Golden Dawn).

On 25 September 2006 he was found guilty and sentenced by an Athens court to 21 years in prison for attempted murder after violently attacking three student unionists (including Dimitris Kousouris) in June 1998 in front of an Athens courthouse.

Androutsopoulos, who escaped after the attack, surrendered himself to police in 2005. His long period on the run was facilitated by delays in the investigation against him, which at the time fueled suspicions of police complicity.

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• Greek neo-Nazi receives 21-year jail term for attempted killings