The headmaster of the German School in Thessaliniki, northern Greece, who was held hostage during several hours on Tuesday, was freed late on Tuesday afternoon, ANA-MPA reported.
Police said that the armed man who forced his way into the city's German School and held its headmaster hostage was identified as Constantinos Arambatzis, 52., who let free the school's headmaster but is still at large.
The perpetrator was serving a 24-year jail sentence for fraud. He was charged in the past for abducting several German bankers in Kavala.
The man entered the school, which lies east of the city, at 13:30 holding a suitcase that he claimed was filled with explosives. He marched straight into the headmaster's office, forcing him and another man who was present to follow him. He then boarded a car and departed from the school, heading in an unknown direction.
A short distance from the school he released one of the two men and was holding the headmaster.
Teachers, who became aware of the kidnapping, safely evacuated the roughly 550 pupils that were in classes at the time of the abduction
Police said that the armed man who forced his way into the city's German School and held its headmaster hostage was identified as Constantinos Arambatzis, 52., who let free the school's headmaster but is still at large.
The perpetrator was serving a 24-year jail sentence for fraud. He was charged in the past for abducting several German bankers in Kavala.
The man entered the school, which lies east of the city, at 13:30 holding a suitcase that he claimed was filled with explosives. He marched straight into the headmaster's office, forcing him and another man who was present to follow him. He then boarded a car and departed from the school, heading in an unknown direction.
A short distance from the school he released one of the two men and was holding the headmaster.
Teachers, who became aware of the kidnapping, safely evacuated the roughly 550 pupils that were in classes at the time of the abduction
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