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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, May 18, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1 killed 9 Hurt As bombs blast 3 Madrid Sites monday May 18, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 Madrid Spain up suspected Basque separatists exploded three car bombs outside air Force Navy and civil guard Headquarters sunday killing a women and injuring nine other people authorities Aid the first bomb exploded at 5 20 . Outside the Headquarters of the paramilitary civil guard. Five minutes later explosives in two other cars went off Al the Entrance to air Force and Navy Headquarters Alt within a 2-mile radius in Down town Madrid. Police speculated thai they were the work of the Basque separatist group Eta a Basque language acronym for Basque Homeland and Liberty which frequently makes Security forces and armed forces the targets of its attacks. It was the first car bombing in the Cap ital since july 14, when 12 members of the paramilitary civil guard were killed and 58 injured Interior minister Joss Barrionuevo called in his Security chiefs for an Emer gency meeting and police set up Block Ades on highways leading out of Madrid but there was no immediate Tittle of the attackers. The biggest blast at the civil guard Headquarters ripped through a Back door of the building shattered windows for Hocks around and destroyed two store fronts. A car carrying four family members was Hil by the blast killing 74-year-old Carmen Pascual who died in route to a Hospital. The three other passengers and two passers by were also rushed to 1hc Hospi Tal. Two of the injured underwent Emer gency surgery to remove Glass from their faces Hospital spokesmen said. Police said the car s trunk contained two pressure cookers Laden with 5 pounds of explosives that were triggered by a time device. The car was destroy Din the attack and one of its wheels was hurled a Hundred Yards Down the Street. The blast at Navy Headquarters about a mile away on he Central  damaged a nearby traffic Light blew out windows at the elegant pm hotel and at the City s main Post office and other nearby buildings. A Marine guard on duty at the in trance was rushed to the Hospital but his condition was not serious. We heard a huge bang and at first we thought it was a thunderstorm said an Madrid policemen stand near the debris of a ear destroyed by one of the bombs. Employee at the hotel. The third explosion at the air Force Headquarters a mile from the residence of prime minister Felipe Gonzalez ripped through the building s facade injured an air Force guard on duty near die door and two passers by. Three of the nine injured were re leased after treatment for cuts from Glass. Hospital spokesmen said the lives of the six who remained hospitalized were Notin danger. Punks riot after Rock concert in Berlin Berlin a about 250 Black Flad Young people rampaged through part of Berlin after a Rock concert Earl sunday shattering store windows Torch ing parked cars and fighting with riot police authorities said. Seventy people were arrested and four policemen were injured in the disturbances said a Berlin police spokesman who declined to be identified. Police said the rioters Many of whom belonged to Punk gangs also barricaded streets and set numerous fires in the rundown Kreuzberg District. When fire trucks and police arrived rocks were thrown at them he said. He said 600 riot police restored Calm to the area by 3 ., about three hours after the violence began. In Berlin saturday leftist extremist shattered store windows and tangled with police during a demonstration by 8,000 people protesting the upcoming census. Berlin police Clear a barricade thai rioters made in the Kreizberg District from a Utility Van they overturned. Firebombs Mark anniversary of s. Korean revolt a photo students cast stones at riot police at he beginning of disturbances saturday in Seoul. , South Korea Ltd about so dissident students threw two firebombs at a polio Box sunday 10commemorate a bloody nine Day Anli tavern Mcnol uprising seven  ago. Dissident Leader Kim Dae Jung issued a statement in Seoul to Mark the revolt that started on May is l 80, in k wig jul 170 Miles South of Seoul saying la Anil the facts of the tragedy must be made Public and its victims must receive full compensation. Across Korea 120,000 police were on maximum Alert to put Ikin any disturbances commemorating the rebellion. A rec number of police.  were Posl lil a Ioune University l it uses and Al key Points in Kwangju South Korea s fifth largest City. Official account say at least 2 30 peo ple died in Hie iwo insurrection which was spurred by a sweeping government crackdown on dissent thai included the arrest of Kim Dae Jung a native of the Kwangju Region 13ul dissidents say casualties were far heavier. On sunday about 20 family members of people slam during the rebellion were seen laying Flowers at tombs at a Ceme Tery in a Kwangju suburb where 101 of the victims Are. Buried. A full memorial was to Lake place at Ilic graveyard Mon Day. Tie firebomb attack on the police lion took place at 8 10 . Sunday a Kwangju pumice spokesman sail. There wus no immediate report of injuries or arrests. Tlu1 spokesman said about 50 student threw several fire Umbs ind rut is Al a police car saturday night during Street demonstrations delving the Leavy Pupiec presence. Seen students were arrested he said. Kim Pae junk said in his Salem Enthat he offers a pledge to the victims of Thi Kwangju revolt that he will do his utmost to bring Aboul democracy  
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