European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes thursday october 25, 1990ira bomb attacks kill at least 6 Belfast Northern Ireland apr simultaneous bomb attacks at two Security checkpoints in Northern Ireland wednesday killed six soldiers and left a civilian missing and presumed dead police said. The Ira claimed responsibility. Five men were arrested in the Irish Republic in connection with the pre Dawn attacks which also injured at least 27 people six seriously police said. Police said that in both cases the bombs were driven to the checkpoints by civilians acting under an Irish Republican army threat. One of the Drivers an elderly Man warned the soldiers at a checkpoint but not in time. The Ira claimed those forced to drive the bombs to the checkpoints were a collaborators a who had done construction work for the Security forces. A police spokesman in Dublin said the five men were arrested just across the Border from the checkpoint near Londonderry 65 Miles Northwest of Belfast where five of the soldiers were killed and the civilian was reported missing. The other Soldier was killed at a Security checkpoint in Newry a Village about 40 Miles South of Belfast police said. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher was said to be a deeply shocked by the bombings. Hospital officials said the injured included six members of the Security forces All of them seriously Hurt. Both checkpoints Are on the Border Between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. The Newry station is located on the main Road Between Belfast and Dublin. Both posts have been attacked by the Ira several times in the past. The missing civilian at Londonderry was believed to be the Driver of the car carrying the bomb police said. At the Newry checkpoint police said a 65-year-old Man drove up in a Van jumped out and shouted a a there a a bomb in the Van a world today this is the shattered checkpoint near Londonderry Northern Ireland where five British soldiers were killed by an Ira bomb. A it exploded before police soldiers and the Driver had time to get Clear. The Driver suffered a broken leg. Police said both bombs exploded just after 4 . The Ira claim of responsibility came in a statement to the British Domestic news Agency press association in Belfast. It warned that attacks would continue until Britain abandoned its a futile War in ire  the mainly roman Catholic Ira wants to unite the predominantly protestant province with the overwhelmingly Catholic Republic of Ireland under socialist Rule. In Dublin the Republic of Ireland condemned the killings. A the people who carried out these Savage murders stand condemned by the overwhelming majority of people on this Island a said prime minister Charles Haughey. A their actions Are futile and serve no purpose other than to bring suffering and tragedy in their  soldiers blanketed Newry and the surrounding area in a huge Security operation following the attack. Army helicopters flew Low overhead and traffic headed for Dublin was  path rebels in Peru kill to reporter Lima Peru apr maoist shining path guerrillas shot dead a peruvian television reporter in a Northern andean City police said tuesday. Police said three hooded guerrillas shot and killed Pedro Macedo Figueroa monday night in the doorway of his Home in the City of Guaraz 175 Miles North of Lima. Macedo 53, was a reporter for the Lima television station America television. He was Well known in the Guaraz Region for waging a Campaign against the guerrilla movement in local newspapers and on radio a local journalist said.5 British firms face trial in Channel death London apr five British firms building the Tunnel under the English Channel were ordered wednesday to stand trial on charges related to the death of a construction worker on the Channel. The governments health and safety executive is prosecuting the firms following investigations into the death of Gary Woodward 32, a Sheffield Miner crushed against a Boring machine in the Tunnel a year ago. Each of the companies faces one charge of failing to discharge its duty under the health and safety work act of 1974. The five firms include Balfour Beatty construction Ltd., Costain civil engineering Ltd., Tarmac construction Ltd., Taylor Woodrow construction Ltd. And Wimpey major projects Ltd. The firms which make up the British half of the Anglo French consortium trans Manche link Are being prosecuted jointly with the suppliers of the Boring machine the Robbins co us Ltd. And Markham and co Ltd. Death squads in Al Salvador More Active rights group says London apr amnesty International on wednesday reported a significant upsurge in the number of killings by army supported death squads this year in Al Salvador. The London based human rights group reported More people were killed in the first seven months of 1990 than in All of last year. Between january and Early August 45 people had reportedly been killed by death squads. Forty were reportedly killed by death squads in 1989, it said. Amnesty said killings torture and a a disappearances have continued despite a . Agreement on human rights signed july 26 by the government of president Alfredo Cristiani and the guerrilla group Faramundo Marti National liberation front or Feln. A bodies of victims have been found mutilated some with their faces completely destroyed and others with signs of having been brutally tortured. Victims have been shot dead on the streets or in their Homes a the amnesty report said. The Nobel peace prize winning group detailed several killings including an agricultural cooperative member slain aug. 1 at work and a Union member who was taken from his Home by two men in civilian clothes july 23. His body was found the following Day. Amnesty said its information on the death squad killings came from former members of the Security forces among other sources. Amnesty said its sources and other information a including testimonies by former members of the military suggests that those responsible for these actions death squad killings Are linked to the armed  amnesty said Cristianit a government had acknowledged that reforms were needed and that the Security forces sometimes committed  but the government has denied involvement. 14 killed As sikh violence grows Amritsar India apr sikh extremists burst into a police officers Home and shot seven people to death As separatist violence escalated in Punjab state officials said wednesday. Seven others also died in a gun Battle elsewhere in the state. At least 2,475 people have been killed by sikh extremists in Punjab so far this year a the highest toll since the separatist revolt started in 1983. Policeman Gurdev Singh his Uncle son and two nephews were shot to death tuesday night in their Home in Pattala 125 Miles Southeast of Amritsar said the Pattala senior superintendent of police Satish Sharma. The half dozen gunmen who invaded the sikh policeman a Home then went into the House next door and killed a sikh and a moslem Sharma said. In the Khem Karan Border District sikh militants tried to sneak across the Border with a Large amount of arms and ammunition but were stopped by the Indian army said another police official . Bhuller. Five sikhs and two soldiers died in the half hour gun shootout near the Village of Normal Alwana Bhuller said. The clash occurred 30 Miles Southwest of Amritsar the site of the holiest sikh shrine the Golden Temple. Sikhs have a slight majority Over hindus in Punjab and want to turn the state into an Independent sikh Nihon. India has Long accused neighbouring Pakistan of sheltering and assisting the militants but Pakistan denies the charge