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Petrakos and his accomplices were planning series of kidnappings, police say

The list of the future kidnapping victims included at least 25 names

Newsroom October 2 02:26

The terror suspects related to the arms hideout at Marathonas were planning a series of entrepreneurs and ship owners kidnappings, said police on Friday.

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A notebook with names of certain people who were targets of kidnappings along with detailed execution plans were found in the hideout.

The list of the future kidnapping victims included at least 25 names, mainly children and relatives of entrepreneurs and ship owners. The notebook and all the preliminary investigation material will be submitted to the prosecutor.

According to sources who talked to protothema.gr, Petrakos group might be related to the kidnapping attempt of ship owner Kikos Martinos in Glyfada in December 2013 since his name was included in that notebook. The ship owner remained calmed and reacted immediately preventing them from kidnapping him.

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