Alfredo Bonanno and another anarchist comrade arrested in Greece
actforfreedom | 02.10.2009 17:44 | Repression | World
Anarchist comrade Alfredo Bonanno was arrested in Trikala, Greece along with a Greek comrade following a robbery in a bank. They appeared before the public prosecutor this morning and we await further news. Here is a report from Athens indymedia.
Alfredo Bonanno arrested in Greece
από ⒶⒶⒶ 4:35μμ, Παρασκευή 2 Οκτωβρίου 2009
(Τροποποιήθηκε 6:09μμ, Παρασκευή 2 Οκτωβρίου 2009)
Alfredo Bonanno arrested in Greece. This is the fulfilment of a translation request.
Translation into English of info appeared in Greek at:
https://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=1086074
Alfredo Bonanno was arrested in Greece "for bank robbery", the news is confirmed.
Bonanno was arrested yesterday, together with a person from Greece, as suspects "for bank robbery" (that is, there are two arrestees).
Greek TV also confirmed the news. The MegaTV channel talked about the arrest of a "well-known Italian 73-year old anarchist and a Greek person" without revealing their names. The ET TV channel also talked about the arrests.
From Wikipedia it says that Bonanno was arrested in the past too: On February 2, 2003 Bonanno was sentenced to 6 years in prison plus a €2000 fine (first degree 3 years, 6 months) for armed robbery and other "crimes" (quote marks added by the translator).
From the capitalist media:
2 persons arrested "for bank robbery":
A robbery took place in the morning in Trikala city, Greece. The arrested are a 70-year old person from Italy and a 46-year old person from Greece.
The bank robbery happened at 10.35 in the morning. The 46-year old man was camouflaged with moustache and fake hair and was wearing glasses. Handling a handgun, he got 46.900 Euro from the bank.
After leaving the bank, he gave the money and the handgun to the 70-year old man, and then he took away alone in a rented car.
However, the 46-year old man was arrested 20 minutes later by cops (translator: of course the media use the nice word "police officers") who had blocked the street at the 6th km (kilometre) of the Trikala-Kalampaka road.
The arrestees were presented to the public prosecutor (and this says something i can't translate like they are going to be charged or something).
από ⒶⒶⒶ 4:35μμ, Παρασκευή 2 Οκτωβρίου 2009
(Τροποποιήθηκε 6:09μμ, Παρασκευή 2 Οκτωβρίου 2009)
Alfredo Bonanno arrested in Greece. This is the fulfilment of a translation request.
Translation into English of info appeared in Greek at:
https://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=1086074 Alfredo Bonanno was arrested in Greece "for bank robbery", the news is confirmed.
Bonanno was arrested yesterday, together with a person from Greece, as suspects "for bank robbery" (that is, there are two arrestees).
Greek TV also confirmed the news. The MegaTV channel talked about the arrest of a "well-known Italian 73-year old anarchist and a Greek person" without revealing their names. The ET TV channel also talked about the arrests.
From Wikipedia it says that Bonanno was arrested in the past too: On February 2, 2003 Bonanno was sentenced to 6 years in prison plus a €2000 fine (first degree 3 years, 6 months) for armed robbery and other "crimes" (quote marks added by the translator).
From the capitalist media:
2 persons arrested "for bank robbery":
A robbery took place in the morning in Trikala city, Greece. The arrested are a 70-year old person from Italy and a 46-year old person from Greece.
The bank robbery happened at 10.35 in the morning. The 46-year old man was camouflaged with moustache and fake hair and was wearing glasses. Handling a handgun, he got 46.900 Euro from the bank.
After leaving the bank, he gave the money and the handgun to the 70-year old man, and then he took away alone in a rented car.
However, the 46-year old man was arrested 20 minutes later by cops (translator: of course the media use the nice word "police officers") who had blocked the street at the 6th km (kilometre) of the Trikala-Kalampaka road.
The arrestees were presented to the public prosecutor (and this says something i can't translate like they are going to be charged or something).
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Wikipedia link for anyone who hasn't heard of Alfredo Bonanno
02.10.2009 18:09
Alfredo Maria Bonanno (born 1937) is an anarchist from Italy who has had a great impact on insurrectionary anarchism, writing essays such as Armed Joy (for which he was imprisoned for 18 months by the Italian government), The Anarchist Tension and others. He is an editor of Anarchismo Editions and many other publications, only some of which have been translated into English. He has been involved in the anarchist movement for over thirty years...
@non
Apart From The Obvious Exceptions...
02.10.2009 18:13
It's well worth reading Alfredo's pamphlet about the ridiculous frame-up of the Marini trial 'Apart From The Obvious Exceptions' that placed him and numerous others in prison and house arrest.
"Two well dressed little men, frequenters of the Courts of Rome by profession, have decided to arrest a few dozen comrades and incriminate as many more… A girl just turned twenty ends up reciting the role of the ‘penitent’ under the protection of a forest of bayonets… But we are defending ourselves. Because we are not convinced that the game is over completely, or that the State is winning even this ongoing small battle, and we believe there are still possibilities, even legal technicalities, in our favour. Apart from the obvious exceptions of course'.
Also:
Summary of Marini trial:
Freedom for Alfredo and Comrade
Fire To The Prisons!!
A
a criminal
02.10.2009 23:18
Hes robbed a bank with a handgun. And then is complaining when he got caught and "justifying" (quotes added by author) with some clap trap about him deserving the money.
Never mind the poor people whos lives were in danger and will probably be suffering post traumatic stress for the rest of their lives. Stuff them. They deserve what they got didnt they?
Only in Greece.
skych
freedom
03.10.2009 00:12
and to all prisoners!!!
s.
Crime?
03.10.2009 00:34
'What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank?', Bertolt Brecht
Best of luck, Alfredo, a lifelong rebel.
A
plonker
03.10.2009 09:58
If he was kind person and didn't have put bullets in it, he'll live. Otherwise he'll die
Anyone who is reckless enough to point guns at people is a plonker. Theres enough guns in the world and dickheads using them without this child adding to their number.
Hes obviously not the sharpest tool in the box if he got caught.
kaflu mazzur
solidarity with all anarchist prisoners
03.10.2009 19:59
lets fight capitalism and exploitation
lets rob banks and shoot cops and their apologists in the head
we will never give up or back down
freedom for alfredo