The attackers stole 300,000 euro and then fled in a jeep and boat. Their modus operandi reminds a lot of the bank robbery that was carried out in 2012 by the group of recently captured terrorist Nikos Maziotis.

Half of them are college or university graduates but only one in four speaks English.

The coastal Kranidi municipality in the Peloponnese has become a point of attraction for Greek and foreign super-rich businessmen who are building there deluxe villas there. In some cases the price per acre amounts to 1 million euro!

Its epicentre was in the sea near Paliouri village on the first leg of the peninsula.