A footage from inside the Trikala prison shows each detail of a prison break staged by a notorious Greek criminal and his Albanian partner. With the help of a helicopter and a rope ladder the two inmates were supposed to escape. But many things went wrong.
The helicopter appears while a group of inmates is playing basketball in the prison yard. The inmates start to run and leave the yard. But two remain behind: Panagiotis Vlastos and his Albanian partner.
However the exchange of fire between helicopter passengers and prison guards foiled the escape. Vlastos fell from the rope ladder, the helicopter was hit and landed on the parking slot.
Video: As the footage has no sound I assume it was filmed by the prison’s security camera. Uploaded by website nocomments.gr
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The prison break attempt took place on February 24th 2013. Hours later an amateur video was shot by a citizen who happened to be outside the prison area. The footage demonstrates that the helicopter was taken down by prison guards who started shooting at it, foiling the Hollywood-style prison break.
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Authorities said that some 500 bullets when fired from the helicopter at the prison guards and thus from a kalashnikov assault rifle.
It was the fourth attempt of convicted murder Panagiotis Vlastos, 43, to escape. He has repeatedly said, he cannot be in prison and that he will try again and again until he is free.
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