A German woman, 27, was arrested by the anti-terrorist squad on Friday. The arrest concerned a development linked to the arrest of four local men on urban terrorism-related charges, in two separate Athens locations a day earlier.
The 27-year-old arrested in Athens was identified by police as Marie Fee Meyer (photo). She is the daughter of Barbara Meyer who has been wanted since 1993 by German police in connection to the Baader-Meinhof, or Red Army Faction, leftist organisation.
Active in Germany from 1970 to 1998, Baader-Meinhof carried out hundreds of bomb and arson attacks and was responsible for over 30 deaths.
Police said Marie Fee Meyer had contacts with all four of the suspects. The latter were identified as Haralambos Tsilianidis, 23, Dimitrios Fessas, 23, Dimitrios Dimtsiadis, 23, and Socrates Tzifkas, 21. (photo)
An assault rifle and an automatic handgun, along with ammunition, were recovered from two Athens residences searched by the police.
Hours later, a local prosecutor filed felony charges against the five. According to reports, the five suspects were brought before the prosecutor without attorneys. They refused to make any statement in the prosecutor’s office. Only the German national requested to contact an attorney.
Charges include the establishment of a terrorist organisation and weapons possession.
The German mother of the 27-year-old arrested in Athens surrendered to Lebanese authorities in 1999.
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