European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q aerobics expert likes tougher army tests Page 3 q aggressor squadrons have the ultimate fighter Job pages 8, 9 Grams nip sky Kings 33-32 for Safe football title Page 25 the  xns./4�f i rs5afcc?s vol. 44. No. 221 monday november 25. 1985 1c Roll 5undo, 8693 a 35 injured As bomb blast rips . Shopping area in Frankfurt by the stars and stripes Frankfurt a air bomb exploded Al the . Military shopping arc i in Frankfurt sunday afternoon injuring 35 people military and German officials said. All but one of the victims were taken to the army Hospital in Frankfurt an army spokesman said. The other victim was taken to a German Hospital. The explosion took place about 3 20 . Between the pickup Point and car Wash in an unsecured area of the shopping Center about 15 feet outside an id checkpoint. Bill Swisher spokesman for the army Hospital in Frankfurt said 19 of the victims Are military members. 13 arc american civilians including 2 department of defense employees one is a German employee of the military and one is a filipino employee. The nationalities of three of those treated arc unknown he said. Seven people remained in the army Hospital sunday night he said. Three girls two 3-year-Olds and a 16-year-old were among the victims who were treated and released. The oldest victim was 56. The seven remaining in the Hospital Range in Condi Tion from fair to Good he said. Five of those Are Mili tary members one a civilian Dod employee and one a wife of a military member. German officials told the associated press that a polish Man who worked in the see blast on Page 28 is photo by red gun nov scorched and smashed vehicles and a gaping Hole in the Side of � building show the Force of the ear bomb thai exploded Al the american shopping Center in Frankfurt. 40-50 die As hijacked Jet is stormed Valletta. Malta a an explosion apparently touched off when egyptian commandos stormed the hijacked egyptian Airliner sunday night killed an estimated 40 to 50 people aboard . Embassy officials said. There arc about 50 dead by Bullet or fire government spokesman Paul Mifsud confirmed. Mifsud told reporters that the inside of the plane was destroyed by fire which he said was started when the hijackers hurled hand grenades at passengers when they realized that the plane was being stormed. Malta s state run television said about 80 people were on the Boeing 737 when it was stormed. It added that 2x wounded people were taken to hospitals. It s not a very Happy ending Al All said Joel Levy the Deputy chief of Mission at the . Embassy. Asked to comment on egyptian reports that no passing cars had been killed he told the associated press that s not the Case at  Mifsud said prime minister carmelo Mifsud Bonnici had Aulhorn cd the storm ing which he described As a totally egyptian operation because the situation was getting out of  the jetliner was hijacked saturday about 15 to 20 minutes after leaving Athens Greece for Cairo Egypt. Greek Security police said 97 people were aboard including three americans. There were reports earlier sunday that the terrorists had killed seven passengers and threatened to kill More if their plane was not refuelled. The maltese government refused to give in to the hijackers demand until All the passengers were freed said government spokesman Paul Mifsud. Authorities issued a full medical Alert calling for All medical assistance and Emer gency blood donations the workers said. The runway and most terminal lights that had been turned off earlier in the evening came Back on after the plane was stormed. Levy said the egyptian commandos arrived earlier in the Day aboard an egyptian military transport plane. He said he believed two or three Hijack ers were killed in the attack. Some reports have put the number of the hijackers As High As four but he said one of them May see Jet on Page 28