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Perrikos was originally from [[Kallimasia]], [[Chios]]. He was a [[Venizelism|Venizelist]] and, as such, was dismissed from the Airforce following the failed coup of [[1935]].
During the Axis occupation of Greece, Perrikos founded the [[Panhellenic Union of young Young Fighters]] (PEAN). On [[September 20]], [[1942]], PEAN blew up the officesof ESPO (the collaborationist National Socialist Patriotic Organisation) at the corner of Patisia and Gladstone streets in [[Athens]]. 43 Germans and 29 ESPO members were killed in the blast and ESPO - whose aim was to recruit Greeks in the Axis WWII effort - ceased to exist as an organisation. Perrikos was arrested, along with other PEAN members, on [[November 11]], [[1942]]. He was executed at [[Kesariani]] on [[February 4]], [[1943]]. He is the father of UN weapons inspector Dimitris Perrikos. [[Category:1943 deaths|Perrikos, Kostas]][[Category:Greek Resistance|Perrikos, Kostas]][[Category:Executed people|Perrikos, Kostas]]
