The legacy of Revolutionary Struggle

Among the terrorist groups set up after the arrest of the November 17 members in 2002, Revolutionary Struggle (RS) was the most prominent. Although there have been no casualties in their terrorist acts, they have been targeted, loud and quite symbolic.

Maziotis is considered the head of Revolutionary Struggle since his “comrade” Lambros Foundas, the presumed head of the organization, was shot dead by the police in a March 2010 shootout in the Athens suburb of Dafni.

After Foundas' death, several members of the RS were arrested, including Maziotis and his girlfriend Panagiota Roupa. On account of a typical delay in the process of their trial, the pair was released on probation, which they broke in July 2012, when they disappeared without a trace. Until this morning, that is, when Maziotis was arrested in downtown Athens.

Here's a list of the terrorist hits attributed to Revolutionary Struggle over the past decade.

• September 5, 2003: Double bombing of the Courthouse in Athens, with one policeman lightly injured
• March 14, 2004: Time bomb deposition on the Psyhiko branch of Citibank
• May 5, 2004: Triple attack on the Kallithea police station.
• October 29, 2004: Failed bombing attempt on 2 police buses and a small police van in Athens.
• June 2, 2005: Powerful bomb explosion in the Employment ministry in downtown Athens.
• December 12, 2005: A motorbike trapped with explosives erupts outside the Finance ministry in Syntagma square, with three injured citizens.
• May 30, 2006: An explosion occurs in the neighborhood of former minister George Voulgarakis in Lycabetus.
• January 12, 2007: A rocket is launched against the American Embassy in Athens.
• April 30, 2007: RS members attempt a shooting spree outside the Perissos police station.
• October 24, 2008: Explosion outside a Shell building in Palio Faliro.
• December 23, 2008: Shootout on a police van in an Athens suburb.
• January 5, 2009: Assault against policemen outside the Culture ministry. A 21 year old police officer is seriously injured.
• February 18, 2009: Bombing attempt using a car with a homemade exploding device in the Citibank headquarters in Kifisia.
• March 9, 2009: Explosion in the Nea Ioania Citibank branch.
• September 2, 2009: Powerful explosion outside the Athens Stock Exchange.
• April 10, 2014: A booby-trapped car is used for a powerful explosion outside the Bank of Greece building in downtown Athens. The IMF Athens offices are located in the same building.