A terrorist attack on the agenda for the weekend was foiled at the eleventh hour with the arrest of a suspected accomplice of the jailed Revolutionary Struggle leader Nikos Maziotis. The terrorist attack was to have taken place at the offices of the conservative New Democracy (ND) party on Syngrou Street on October 4, the political group’s 40-year anniversary.

Greek Police Chief Dimitris Tsaknakis announced that a suspect had been arrested, however he didn’t give the identity of the man believed to be aged between 25 and 30 years.

The plan was foiled when the suspect was found to have a notebook of names and addresses of prominent businessmen. Some of these included shipowner/Olympiakos’ football team chairman Vangelis Marinakis, Federation of Hellenic Industries Chief Theodoros Fessas and Greek Shipowners Association President Theodoros Veniamis. The notebook also made references to the company offices of Capital, Siemens and Infoquest. There are suspicions that these were to have been staked out on October 1-2, where there would have been a staging for the hit on October 3 with the actual attack taking place on October 4, the anniversary date of the creation of the ND party.

Undercover officers had observed the suspect for several days and finally arrested him accross the road from a garage at Vyronas late on Wednesday. The police believe that the group in question, the Revolutionary Struggle, has hideouts in the suburbs of Vyronas, Exarheia and Patissia.

The police are currently interviewing people in the neighborhood in order to find out more details of people moving in the area and are meticulously scouring the garage. Telephone conversations are also being closely studied in order to find out more details about the young man in police custody and his accomplices.