European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Iii i kit l1?<1 Fik a i. A v he a Tsuk i t Asiso a Novice takes Peru a Helm in rough seas Page 2 a mayor off Pisa leaning on Rome to repair 3 a soviet thaw makes Galvin do an about face Page 9 a giants garretts 1 hits reds in National league action Page 21 the shaman authorized unofficial publication for the . Aramco forces Quot a a i Quot vol. 49, no. 108 tuesday july 31, 1990 ? a Good morning is by and sunday d 8693 a Trinidad promises elections if rebels end coup port of Spain Trinidad apr prime minister Arthur Robinson on sunday offered to resign and Call Early elections if Black moslem rebels free him and about 30 other hostages and end their coup attempt an official said. At least 27 people have reportedly been killed in the violence. However there was no official toll. Robinson apparently made his offer As he and other government officials remained wired to explosives and threatened with death. They were taken captive Friday when several Hundred rebels with automatic weapons seized control of broadcast buildings and the parliament. Government radio said the rebels were optimistic about reaching a settlement with Robinson but that they also wanted immunity from prosecution. A journalist who was inside the parliament building when it was stormed said sunday the rebels shot Robinson in the leg. Also reported shot in the leg was Selwyn Richardson minister of Justice. They were being treated by minister of health Emmanuel Husin a medical doctor who was in the building. The journalist released by the rebels saturday night spoke on condition of anonymity. State run radio 610 said Nolli Clarke an anglican priest was assisting in the negotiations at the see Trinidad on Back Page looters carrying boxes taken from a grocery warehouse trudge along a Road in port of Spain on sunday. Gunman ends siege in London nightclub London apr a gunman who took More than 100 hostages in a London nightclub on sunday and demanded a plane to Fly to Beirut released his captives and surrendered to police after a 10l/i-hour siege detective superintendent Alex Edwards of Scotland Yard said. The gunman was identified Early monday As Hani Elrayes a 30-year-old London importer and exporter. He was charged with false imprisonment possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life perpetrating a bomb hoax and making threats to kill. He was to appear later monday at Bow Street magistrates court. Police said some hostages needed medical attention but none needed to be hospitalized. The hostages reportedly include members of the kuwaiti Royal family. The club Tokyo Joe a is a favorite haunt of Middle easterners and Scotland Yard confirmed that a number of arabs had been there though it gave no names. Edwards said Elrayes who reportedly was bom in Syria had been armed with a Shotgun a Nile and a Bayonet. He also had a replica of a handgun and a fake bomb Edwards said. A the bomb was a sophisticated hoax a Edwards said. A it appears he had put some great Effort into his Edwards said the motive for taking hostages remained a mystery but several hostages said Elrayes claimed relatives of his or his English wife were being held hostage in Beirut. Edwards said the gunman had been drinking heavily and appeared to have taken drugs. His demands changed constantly and at one Point the gunman threatened to kill himself Edwards said. Bartender Peter Antonello said the gunman demanded a bus and plane to take him to Beirut with 60 Arab hostages. A the just said he was doing it for his wife who had gone to Beirut with their three children this morning a he said. A a lot of what he said did no to make sense. But at one stage he said a god sent me to do it and i done to care if bum myself a Antonello said he was forced to help the Man count the hostages which at the time totalled 115. When the Man burst into the club about 1 45 a.m., he fired one shot and told patrons to a get downstairs a said Doorman Dennis Tuerena 38, who escaped with two others and alerted police. Armed police surrounded the dub and detectives started negotiations with the Man. Many patrons managed to escape and some were released including two freed by the gunman in Exchange for two smoked Salmon sandwiches. Police also detained a Man and a woman at separate addresses sunday night and confiscated Shotgun parts British broadcasting corp. Reported. 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