February 12 Movement (Anarchist Entity, Greece)

• Local Name: Κίνημα 12 Φλεβάρη​
• Transliteration: Kínima 12 Flevári
• Alternatives: N/a
• Status: 2012 – 2013 (Disbanded)
• Conflicts: Greek Anarchist Militancy

The February 12 Movement [K12F; Kínima 12 Flevári] was a Greek left-wing extremist outfit whose name referred to the Feb. 12, 2012 rioting and in Athens.¹ A group member disguised as a priest and three accomplices planted an incendiary bomb aboard a metro train at the Egaleo subway station in the Greek capital city on Feb. 25.² The device failed to go off. The K12F claimed responsibility for the incident in a statement that briefly appeared on an anarchist website on Apr. 01, 2012.³ Details in the communiqué were confirmed by witnesses.⁴ Investigators suspected that operatives of the K12F were also involved in a joint operation by the Promotors of Social Explosions [YKE; Ypokinités Koinonikón Ekríxeon] and Wild Freedom [AgE; Agria Elefthería] in which a bomb was set off at an Athens shopping mall in January 2013.⁵ The devices used in both incidents showed strong similarities.