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Convicted Greek terrorist ends 66-day hunger strike
A jailed leftist Greek hit man has said he will end a hunger strike that has left him dangerously ill. Dimitris Koufodinas, who is serving several life sentences for murder, belonged to the November 17 guerrilla group.
Dimitris Koufodinas seen ahead of an appeals trial in 2005
Leftist Greek militant Dimitiris Koufodinas is ending a 66-day hunger strike that he began as part of a demand for a prison transfer, his lawyer said on Sunday. He chooses life, Ioanna Kourtovik said to Reuters news agency.
Koufodinas, 63, is being treated in an intensive care in hospital near the Domokos high-security prison in central Greece after suffering kidney failure last week.