Christos Tsoutsouvis
Greek far-left militant
About Christos Tsoutsouvis
Lived 1953 – 1985 (aged 31–32). Christos Tsoutsouvis was a terrorist.
Christos Tsoutsouvis (; 1953, Agios Vasileios – 15 May 1985, Athens) was a Greek far-left militant, or "urban guerilla" fighter.
Tsoutsouvis was killed in 1985 during an exchange of fire with police officers. Afterwards he joined far-left urban guerrilla organization Revolutionary People's Struggle (ELA) and participated in many armed actions. Tsoutsouvis left ELA in 1980 and founded his own group named the Anti-State Struggle . The Anti-State Struggle was to claim responsibility for the killing of prosecutor Giorgos Theofanopoulos on 1 April 1985. He asserted that Tsoutsouvis and his organization was linked to the murder of District Attorney George Theofanopoulos, shot and killed outside his home in April 1985. In 1986 the group bombed the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, West Germany's counterintelligence agency, in Cologne, Germany. In August 1987 the group set off bombs outside a government ministry and a police station in Athens.
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Who was Christos Tsoutsouvis?
Greek far-left militant
When was Christos Tsoutsouvis born?
Christos Tsoutsouvis was born in 1953.
When did Christos Tsoutsouvis die?
Christos Tsoutsouvis died on 15 May 1985.
What was Christos Tsoutsouvis's occupation?
Christos Tsoutsouvis was a terrorist.
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