An Albanian who was allegedly among a group of convicts who in March escaped from a prison in central Greece was killed early Sunday.
One policeman was wounded as a result of the dawn clash in the mountainous northern region of Epire which borders Albania.
Police have shot dead one of the two Trikala Prison fugitives after tracking the convicts down near Greece’s border with Albania.
Marian Kola had been killed during an exchange of fire after being spotted at around 4 a.m. by the EKAM special forces unit walking next to a river near Souli in northwestern Greece.
The other fugitive, Ilir Koupa, evaded arrest. A policeman was injured during the attempt to catch the two suspects.
Police sources told the Athens-Macedonia News Agency that Kola was heavily armed and had been carrying a hand grenade.
Authorities said that the operation to catch Koupa would continue.
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