European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page ebb the stars and stripes sunday april17,1988 suspected bomber s Helper named Naples. Italy up Ami terrorist police saturday named a japanese woman and issued a composite portrait of a Man of Middle Eastern appearance and the police said the two arc believed to have assisted japanese terrorist Yunior Okudara in thursday car bomb attack on a us. Serviceman s club. Fri experts arrived meanwhile to examine the explosives used in the bomb ing thai killed four 1 lilians and an Amer ican service Womacl. See kitted Story slain Sailor Pelly officer 3.c. Angel Simone Santos 21, shown in his 1984 High school photo was Liillie in he terrorist buit at the Naples Uso. Investigators Friday identified Vuda Raof the japanese red which has links to terrorist groups in Lebanon at the Man who carried out intr car bombing. Romano Argenio head of Naples anti ice Roris police said saturday that had identified one of Oku Daira s accomplices As Fusako in 32, another known japanese red terrorist. A witness reported seeing the two to go incr in Naples Garibaldi Square at 1 1a.m. Thursday about nine hours before the blast Argenio said Shigenobu is believed to be the woman who telephoned Okudara several times during his stay at it san Pilro hotel near the train Sta Tion he said. Police have not been Able 10 determine where she had been staying. Argento said the woman apparently acted As a Liaison Between Okudara Anda third suspect a still Uii identified Man described As either Middle East Ern or North Afri can. The Man was spoiled by a police i Man near the us club 10 minutes be fore the explosion. Argenio said the policeman followed he Man thinking he was preparing n Shigenobu robbery. As he was trailing the tsp Sci the car bomb went Oft. The policeman turned to see what happened and whence looked Back the Man had disappeared. Investigators said they believe inc Fhren terrorist us sports May already have fled inc country. Authorities say Okudara is responsible for a series of attacks on Western embassies and targets around the world in the past two decades. Last december it was charged in Italy with carrying out bomb and rocket attacks on the us. Embassy and British embassy in Rome lost june. Argenio without detailing his reasons said he took most seriously a claim of respond Sibily by a roup calling itself islamic jihad organization for the sup port of the oppressed on the claim was made Friday in a typewritten arabic statement to the italian news Agency Ansa office in Beirut. Another group calling itself organization of jihad brigades claimed responsibility in a Telephone Call to a French news Agency office in route. Argenio id two Fri experts had arrived to help investigate but he would give no a Civila Law enforcement offi Cial in Washington said the Fri will investigate whether the Naples bomb was similar to the explosives found in posses Sion of a japanese Man arrested in new Jersey list tuesday. The body of the american Servic Ewo Man Angela Simon Santos 21, of Ocala Fla was turned Over saturday to the . Navy Hospital. Morris said that arrange ments Wen Stilt being worked Oul for the body to be Down Back to the United states. Hijackers say kuwaiti Jet s refuelling Airliner would Avert massacre in Algeria Algiers Algeria a shill moslem gunmen holding about 35 hos tages aboard a hijacked kuwaiti Jet said saturday they want the plane refuelled so that a massacre could be avoided in Friendly one masked gunmen. Add pressing three reporters Al the no of inc Gangway Lead ing to inc plane said inc hijackers arc now working to blow up this plane if 17people jailed in Kuwait arc not freed. We arc determined to obtain the liberation of our 17 Brothers. In View of the kuwaiti intransigence we arc asking our algerian Brothers to refuel the plane so Hal we can Lake off because we intend to Settle our score with Kuwait some where else. We do not want the massacre to take place Here in Friendly Algeria which welcomed us and which tried to Settle the three hijackers All wearing Light Blue hoods and one of them carrying a machine gun were Wen by journalist rep resenting he new York times the French news Agency Agency France or Csc and the algerian government Agency Algurie Prusse service. The statement was read in arabic by one of the three hijackers while standing in inc plane s doorway. Nothing was Visi ble inside the plane. The Kuwait airways Boeing 747 was hijacked april 5 with 112 people aboard on a flight from Bangkok Thailand to Kuwait. Fifty so Van passengers were re leased in Mashhad Iran. The hijackers killed to hostages in Warnaca Cyprus and released 13 before flying id the Alge Rian capital on wednesday. The hijackers Are demanding thai Kuwait free 17 pro iranian extremists con a Jird of bombing inc . And French embassies in Kuwait in 1983. Kuwait has refused. An algerian mediator had eni cred the plane at 10 40 a.m., and More such shuttles were expected to follow saturday. On Friday algerian mediators shuttled Between kuwaiti officials and the plane entering to talk with hijackers at least five limes. Two of the hostages pleaded for their lives via radio in an Appeal to the kuwaiti government to give in to the hijackers demand. Reagan administration and Western intelligence sources said they believe one of the eight hijackers is Hasan Evidine a lebanese National under . Indict ment for the june 19s3 hijacking of a Twa Airliner. Est Idinie May have been directly involved in the killing of Robert Dean sic them a Navy diver who was beaten and shot to death during the Twa hijacking saturday s new York times quoted administration officials As saying. The intelligence sources say they be Lieve la seizure of the kuwaiti plane was masterminded by Road much Nych another of the four lebanese shiite Mili Tants indicted by . Authorities Tor the Twa hijacking. From Page 1 Alion administration. Passenger Wilma a Spokane nurse said she saw the right engine on fire about five or 10 minutes into Theair. Everyone was holding hands Slie said "1 Don t know who the Man was nest to me but i sure must have broken his holding onto the plane made a hard Landing Abou Halfway along a runway. They had a fire truck waiting an the flames were out in about 15 seconds said Lee Fryer duty officer Al the Faa air traffic control Center in Auburn. The aircraft slowed through some bag Gage carts then careened toward thebus b concourse bar. But a Wing snagged a passenger ramp and the nose swung around Inlo the empty gales Meese s Choice for Justice Post puts off decision on Job offer aide from Page 1 Washington
