Alexandros Giotopoulos

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Photo of Giotopoulos as he was being brought in the Greek Police HQ for questioning.

Alexandros Giotopoulos (born 1939) is serving lifetime imprisonment, after having been found guilty of leading the Marxist Greek terrorist group November 17th, responsible for several murders of prominent Greek and foreign politicians, journalists, diplomats and businessmen. He was identified as the leader after the apprehension and confession of Savvas Xiros, another member of the 17N group, following a failed bombing attempt on a Flying Dolphin company in Piraeus. Giotopoulos refused the charges against him.

On December 6, 2005, the convicted members of 17th November appeared at the court of appeals for a new trial that is still underway.

Alexander Giotopoulos is the son of Demetris Giotopoulos, also known as Witte, who was a leader of the Greek Trotskyist party of archeiomarxists.^[1]

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1. ^ Giotopoulos the son of renowned Greek Trotskyite - Cyprus Mail archive article - Saturday, July 20, 2002 [1]

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