Bonnano arested

[Искра]

As you may know, there have been some arrests in Greece recently. On Thursday there was also a high-profile arrest: Alfredo Bonnano and a Greek anarchist friend. During a bank robbery.

[The Douche]

As you may know, there have been some arrests in Greece recently. On Thursday there was also a high-profile arrest: Alfredo Bonnano and a Greek anarchist friend. During a bank robbery.

Waiting to read about the prison break now haha.

[Искра]

You should go and save him.. Anarchist Bonanno Rescue Death Squad A.B.R.D.S. :D

[bcbm]

news article? bonnano was part of the robbery? if so... talk about putting theory into action.:wub:

[Sasha]

'Alfred Bonanno arrested in Greece'

The Italian anarchist Alfred Bonnano was arrested in Greece yesterday, together with another person. They are being accused of an armed bank robbery in the city Trikala. The detailed information until now is too vague to describe here, hence only the basics. So far Bonanno is doing ok, according to his partner.

A. Bonanno is known for his provocative form of writing. In 1977 he was imprisoned for a year and a half because of his text "The armed joy". He is the author of many texts, such as "The anarchist tension", "Let's destroy work, let's destroy the economy", "From the center to the periphery"(?), "Distruggiamo la religion" etcetera.*

In 1997 he was said to be the leader of a fictitious anarchist group (ORAI - Insurrectionalist Anarchist Revolutionairy Organization) by the Italian prosecuter Marini and the Italian authorities, and was sentenced to six years in prison. Even back then the talks he held in the auditorium of the Thessaloniki university in Greece were said to be 'secret meetings' and were used against him in the Italian process. In 2003 he had to serve two years for this in Triest, and further in house arrest.

According to the latest info he will be brought in front of a judge on Monday.

The only thing that was officially announced considering the other person is his age, which is 46.

* some of the names of the bonanno texts are not correctly translated (or not at all) because i can't find the texts in english.

translated from greek indymedia (athens.indymedia.org):

2 people were arrested for a robbery in Trikala city.

The holdup that occurred this morning in the center of Trikala city was solved. The culprits of the robbery are a 46 years old greek and a 70 years old of italian nationality.

The robbery occurred at 10.35am this morning. The 46yo, camouflaged with a wig and a mustache and wearing myopia glasses and a jockey hat, came in the branch bank and under the threat of an armed gun, he took the sum of 46.900 euros from the registers.

After he came out of the bank he gave the money and the gun to his 70yo accomplice and then he left alone with a rented car.

The 46 yo was however arrested 20 minutes later from police officers who had set a road block on the 6th km of Trikala-Kalampaka highway.

The arrested were lead to the district attorney and accused.

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see also
http://www.indymedia.nl/images/extlink.gif http://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=8381

http://www.indymedia.nl/images/extlink.gif http://www.anarchistnews.org/?q=node/9797

[Искра]

http://libcom.org/news/bonanno-arrested-greece-suspicion-involvement-armed-bank-robbery-03102009



According to Kathimerini (http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100010_03/10/2009_111243), the famous Italian anarchist Alfredo M. Bonanno was arrested yesterday (October 1) in Trikala, Greece, on suspicion of driving the getaway car for an armed bank robbery by a Greek man named Christos Stratigopoulos. This arrest occurs in the midst of a wave of government repression against anarchists in the name of "anti-terrorism."

According to Kathimerini (http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100010_03/10/2009_111243), the famous Italian anarchist Alfredo M. Bonanno was arrested yesterday in Trikala, Greece, on suspicion of driving the getaway car for an armed robbery of 46,900 euros from a Piraeus bank by a Greek man named Christos Stratigopoulos. The report says a witness informed the police of the car's license plate, and the police stopped them and found the money in the car.

I find it an interesting coincidence that this happened right at a time when the outgoing government has been violently repressing anarchists and suspected anarchists in the name of "anti-terrorism (http://libcom.org/tags/greece)." It makes me wonder whether there's a connection. For example, might this be a false accusation or a set-up? Unfortunately, a google news search yields only one more English report, and that doesn't give any more information. Does anyone know anything else about this?

The report reminds us that Bonanno, now age 72, "has served 18 months in jail for his 1998 essay called “Anarchist Tension” and was also given a six-year term in 2003 for armed robbery and other crimes when he was found to be the ideological leader of an armed group."