{"id":1306041,"date":"2022-02-17T10:41:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T15:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1306041"},"modified":"2022-02-17T10:41:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T15:41:31","slug":"eco-terrorist-who-tried-to-nail-bomb-famous-city-park-jailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eco-terrorist-who-tried-to-nail-bomb-famous-city-park-jailed\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Eco-Terrorist&#039; Who Tried to Nail-Bomb Famous City Park Jailed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feco-terrorist-who-tried-to-nail-bomb-famous-city-park-jailed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1306041&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Nikolaos-Karvounakis-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A Greek soldier-turned eco-terrorist has been jailed for eight years&nbsp;in the United Kingdom after being convicted for his attempt to blow up an Edinburgh park in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Nikolaos Karvounakis, 35, planted a nail bomb concealed in a cardboard box at a shelter in the famously picturesque Princes Street Gardens next to Edinburgh Castle in January 2018. It took Police Scotland nearly three years to locate the terrorist, eventually arresting him in December 2020. His DNA was found on components of the device.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cF*ck you all\u201d was the message Nikolaos Karvounakis wrote on the flap inside the box containing the nail-bomb, and in court the prosecution highlighted how the former Greek serviceman self-described as a \u201clover of nihilist anti-political violence\u201d and was a supporter of the&nbsp;anarchist Mexican terrorist group Individualidades Tendiendo a lo Salvaje (Individualists Tending to the Wild).<\/p>\n<p>Upon discovery, the bomb was found to have a disconnected fuse and&nbsp;Karvounakis\u2019 defence counsel argued that the former Greek terrorist only tried to cause disruption and not injure anyone, despite the bomb containing 58 nails and active explosives, the BBC<em>&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-60402838\">reports<\/a>. Perhaps given his denial that the bomb was meant to actually explode \u2014 despite, as the judge confirmed, all parts required for a bomb to explode being present \u2014 why exactly&nbsp;Karvounakis decided to attack a city park in the name of the environment has not clearly emerged.<\/p>\n<p>ITS was described in court as supporting \u201cacts of violence committed against people and or property in support of environmental causes\u201d. Police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/19928871.nikolaos-karvounakis-sentenced-planting-bomb-edinburgh-princes-street-gardens\/\">described<\/a>&nbsp;Karvounakis\u2019 ideological beliefs as \u201cunusual\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Angela Gray, the prosecution\u2019s advocate depute told the High Court in Edinburgh that had the \u201cpotentially viable\u201d bomb detonated, \u201cit would have the potential to cause significant injury and damage to property in close proximity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Six weeks after the device was discovered,&nbsp;Karvounakis sent an email titled \u201cInternational Terrorist Group in UK\u201d to the&nbsp;<em>Edinburgh Evening News<\/em>, which contained a link to an extremist website where the Greek terrorist had claimed responsibility for the attack using the pseudonym \u2018Misanthropos Cacogen\u2019 and attached a photo of the bomb in the park.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK: Counter-Terrorism Unit Listed Extinction Rebellion as Extremist Group <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hi7CElb5lA\">https:\/\/t.co\/Hi7CElb5lA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1216050639530340353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Supreme Court Judge Lord Peter Braid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.scot\/home\/sentences-judgments\/sentences-and-opinions\/2022\/02\/16\/hma-v-nikolaos-karvounakis\">stated<\/a> he would have jailed Karvounakis for ten years, but as he pled guilty he received the shorter sentence of&nbsp;eight years and four months under the Terrorism Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe offence involved a high degree of culpability on your part as shown by the significant degree of planning,\u201d Lord Braid said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAfterwards you appeared to exult in the commission in your claim of responsibility\u201d, Braid continued.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Breitbart London John Radley \u2014 who when he was just 21-years-old as a British soldier survived an IRA nail bomb attack outside of Chelsea Barracks in 1981 when a bus full of British troops was targeted by the IRA \u2014 condemned terrorist bombmaker Karvounakis, saying: \u201cterrorism in whatever form or under whatever name is terrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Radley also said that he hoped that after Karvounakis \u201cserved his sentence, he is deported back to Greece\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere can be no tolerance for individuals who commit these crimes and who only show regret and remorseless once they have been caught and charged\u201d, Radley asserted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thankful the IED did not activate however the public has to be lucky every day whereas these extremists only have to be lucky once\u201d, said the veteran who was permanently injured after he was struck by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/19\/gerry-adams-shocks-ira-victims-with-disgusting-slogan-video\/\">multiple nails<\/a> during the attack in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Radley finished by urging the public to always \u201clookout for anything out of the ordinary and always report anything out of place\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Delingpole: Top Terror Cop Says \u2018Extinction Rebellion Are Dangerous Extremists. Jail Them!\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TD3qGx70Z7\">https:\/\/t.co\/TD3qGx70Z7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1151771412270604288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Greek soldier-turned eco-terrorist has been jailed for eight years\u00a0in the United Kingdom after being convicted for his attempt to blow up an Edinburgh park in 2018. 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