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Christoforos Marinos (1967 - July 23, 1996) was a Greek anarchist and hunger strike, known for his long involvement with both the police and the controversy surrounding his death.

Life and persecution by the Police
The details of his early life are unknown but his involvement with the anarchist movement began in the early 1980s when he joined a local underground organization self-titled as the "Union of Anarchists". His first serious incident with the authorities occurred in 1987 when he is arrested along with Clearchos Smyrnaios in an apartment, after an attempt to steal a radio from a government car. In the same incident, a friend and comrade of his, Michalis Parkas, is shot dead by Special Counterterrorism forces when he went out onto the balcony to negotiate with the police.

In the years that followed, after being acquitted of his first involvement in an unlawful act but radicalized by the death of his friend, he followed a steady course in his beliefs, a fact that gradually led him to isolate himself from his former comrades. In a televised appearance and a question asked by a journalist Elli Stai why he continues, while other members of the same ideological space have withdrawn, he replied that not everyone can bear the burden of state persecution. In the last few months before his death, he suffered from some psychological problems caused by his many years of activity and his frustration that seemed to be compounded by the behavior of some of his old comrades.

He was a student at the University of Patras.

Death
There is a general haze around the circumstances surrounding his death, which occurred on July 23, 1996. While on house arrest, he travelled to the island of Serifos. When returning, Police -a Special Operations Unit, (EKAM)- raided his cabin and was found dead. He was shot and a gun was found next to him.

The Greek authorities have attributed his death to suicide. The exact circumstances of his death were investigated by the Piraeus Port Authority but were never disclosed. Possibly related is the fact that the same night another anarchist testified that he was present at the shooting of police officer Nikos Vaiopoulos, a PASOK office guard, by Marinos on July 5th, 1996.

Legacy
For Greek anarchists, he was an uncompromising symbol against capitalism, state dominance and control. In Marinos' memory are dedicated verses of Alkis Alkaios "Always Laughing (Isaac, Solomon and Marinos Martyrs)" composed by Thanos Mikroutsikos and sung by Dimitris Mitropanos.