The imprisoned anarchist Nikos Romanos, who faces terrorism charges for allegedly participating in the Conspiracy of Fire Cells militant group and a close friend of murdered student Alexis Grigoropoulos, has issued a statement to address new terrorism charges brought against him.
In his statement Romanos assumed responsibility for his participation in arson attacks against the municipal police in Kypseli, the offices of an investment company and the home of former National Defense and Finances Minister Yannos Papantoniou. Romanos claims to have acted alone in those attacks, as evident by witness reports and CCTV footage.
Romanos insists however that his did not participate in an arson attack at train depot, nor any arson and bomb attacks carried out by the Conspiracy of Fire Cells and other associated groups. Romanos explained that further charges were being brought against him over a fingerprint of his that was allegedly found on a beer bottle in one of SPF’s hideouts. Romanos assumed responsibility of his actions in order to highlight “the new form of suppression via DNA which was used to incriminate imprisoned comrades”.
Additionally, Romanos explained that the public denial of participating in certain actions did not stem from a desire to avoid criminal liability, since he simultaneously admitted his participation in other criminal actions. He also argued that other comrades of his are being targeted and mentions the cases of Tasos Theofilou, Babis Tsilianidis and Nikos Maziotis.
Nikos Romanos’ full statement (in Greek) is available here.
