Two Charged in Foreign Servicemen’s Slayings
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Greek authorities charged two alleged members of the November 17 terrorist organization in the assassination of American and British servicemen, and a newspaper reported that the group planned to attack NATO peacekeepers.
Iraklis Kostaris was charged in four killings, including those of U.S. Air Force Sgt. Ronald Stewart in 1991 and British defense attache Brig. Stephen Saunders in 2000. A friend was charged with armed robbery and theft of munitions.
The Athens daily newspaper Eleftherotypia reported that recent arrests had foiled a plot by November 17 to attack a convoy of NATO peacekeepers driving from a base at the northern port of Thessaloniki to Macedonia and Kosovo.
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