Nikos Maziotis, the convicted leader of the Revolutionary Struggle leftist guerrilla group who has been on the run from police for two years, was arrested in central Athens following a shootout with police shortly after noon.
Police have been seeking Maziotis since July 2012 when he broke strict conditions, including a ban on leaving the prefecture of Attica, when he was released from pre-trial custody after serving the maximum legal time of 18 months on remand.
According to media reports, police were aware that Maziotis was in Athens and were following him in a covert operation. At 12.35, after he emerged from a shop on in Mitropoleos street where he purchased a sports bag, police demanded that Maziotis, who was wearing a wig and glasses, surrender himself.