European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday March 3, 991 the stars and stripes Page 7 sri Lanka bomb kills 19, including Deputy minister Colombo sri Lanka apr a car bomb exploded on a Busy Street saturday and killed the head of the government Campaign against tamil separatists and at least 18 other people officials and witnesses said. About 73 people were wounded. The parked cat exploded during Rush hour killing Deputy defense minister Ranjan Wijeratne As he Rode by and at least 18 other people including police bodyguards and bystanders said witnesses and officials / v / officials had earlier said at least 30 people died. A i saw Buman hands and legs strewn All Over and a number of vehicles ablaze a said Nimal Piya Siri the owner of a nearby hotel. A it was no one immediately took responsibility but police said they suspected Wijeratne tamil insurgents. Wijeratne 60, had overseen the drive against the tamils who Aro fighting for an Independent Homeland in the North and cast. A rebel spokesman based in London said he did not know if his group was responsible. A if it was done by our cadres we will say we were responsible a said Sathasivam Krishnakumar in a Telephone interview. A right now 1 Don t know anything about the rebel group the liberation tigers of tamil eelam has in the past claimed two bomb attacks in Colombo the sri lankan capital. The groups car bomb explosion in 1987 killed 125 people and another blast two months later left 50 people dead. Wijeratne who had a reputation As a Tough and often abrasive administrator acted As minister for plan tation Sand Industry in addition to his other duties. Last month he announced the Start of the army offensive to capture the tamil rebel Headquarters in the Northern Jaffna Peninsula the a offensive has bogged Down in the dense Jungles South of Jaffna but Wijeratne had vowed to crush the insurrection. The minister was also responsible for putting Down an anti govern Merit Campaign launched by Ultra nationalist sinhalese in 1987. Tamil militants have been fighting since 1983 for a Homeland in sri Lanka an Island Oil the swithers tip of India. They claim their Community which makes up 18 percent of sri Lanka a 16 million people is discriminated against by the sinhalese who comprise 75 percent of the population and control the government and the military Wijeratne was a sinhalese. The War Between the1 government and the militants has been fierce since june when the tamil separatists broke a 13-month cease fire Farewell to arms two leftist guerrillas pause before laying Down their automatic rifles during a ceremony Friday in the colombian Village of la bores. The two teen age fighters Are members of the Peoples liberation army which recently ended its 24-year rebellion against the govern mint by signing a treaty and disarming. Nazi War crimes trial set for fugitive 79 a a. A. A a a a a. A. A. A a. A. A .1. 4. I k1 a a is 1 1 i Frankfurt Germany a alleged nazi War criminal Josef Schwam Ember Ger who hid in Argentina for 40 years has been charged in connection with the deaths of More than 3,400 jews a state prosecutors office said Friday. The trial of Schwamm Berger 79, could be the last major nazi War crimes hearing of its Type prosecutors say. Like Many elderly former nazis tried in recent years Schwamm Berger is in frail health and has complained of heart problems. The Baden Wuerttemberg state pros editors office in Stuttgart issued a statement saying charges against Schwamm Berger had been filed and that his trial could begin a possibly in june a it did not specify when the charges were filed. _ _ Schwamm Berger is being held in Stuttgart a High Security prison Stamm Heim where the trial is also expected to take place. A. During world War ii Schwammberge was a nazi is lieutenant who commanded forced labor Camps in Poland including concentration Camps at prize myst and Mielec where thousands of in mates mostly jews were interned and died. A v. A a a the prosecutors statement said Schwammberge is suspected of personally killing at least 50 jewish inmates and assisting in the murders of at least 3,377 others from 1941 to 1944. Charges against him include murder and accessory to murder the statement a a a. A a a a. A a a it said Schwamm Berger a carried out some of the murders in a cruel fashion out of a feeling of self superiority and. Racist a according to the prosecutors office Schwammberge has admitted shooting one labor Camp inmate a because of special circumstances,.�?� but has denied responsibility in the deaths of the others. It did not elaborate. _ survivors of the Camps have claimed that Schwammberge starved prisoners to death and personally shot at least one jew. A a a a a a a a they also say he let attack dogs tear _ prisoners apart and personally threw inmates into fires to watch them die. A native of Austria which was a part of nazi Era Germany was born feb. 14, 1912. He was arrested after the War by the French army. He managed to escape in 1948 from a train taking him to . Military authorities in Austria for trial Schwammberge managed to enter Argentina within months living under his own name and obtained citizenship in 1965. For years he worked at a petrochemical Plant in la Plata 30 Miles South of the capital Buenos Aires. West German authorities had sought Schwammberge re a extradition since 1973, when they notified Argentina he might be living there. Argentine officials tracked Down Schwammberge on nov 13, 1987, in Huerta Grande a Village 500 Miles Northwest of Buenos Aires near a German Argentine settlement. Many germans set tied in Argentina after the War. After two years of appeals to fight extradition Schwammberge was returned against his will to Germany on May 3. He had for years been on the list of 10 most wanted nazis compiled by famed nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal. The Simon Wiesenthal Center in los. Angeles said it has found 73 witnesses and conclusive evidence against Schwam Ember Ger. Quot three of the witnesses were flown from Canada and the United states by the Wiesenthal Center and testified to a Buenos Aires judge in 1988 about Schwamm Berger a alleged atrocities. Wiesenthal himself runs a ing Center in Vienna Austria. Israelis Mossad agents were responsible for finding and capturing Adolph Eichmann in Argentina in 1900. Lich Diann was known As the architect. Of the nazis a final solution Quot plan Lor exterminating jews. An israeli court convicted Eichmann of War crimes and hanged him in 1962. Another notorious nazi suspect being sought for years is former is Captain. Alois Brunner widely believed to be living in Damascus Syria under an assumed name. Syria has denied Brunner lives there. _ _ _ _ _ rights lawyer held in Kenya Nairobi Kenya up a the United states demanded the release saturday of internationally act chimed human rights lawyer and Magazine publisher i Toby. Pm Ankara Ticla ined Friday in the kenyan Capi t in Nairobi by plainclothes policemen. A a Ima Nyara 37,who publishes and edits the Controvert sj-,1 Nairobi Law monthly Magazine was to rested without charge after his publication reprinted the manifesto of an illegal second political party in one party Kenya and accused the government of president Daniel Arap. To of tribal favouritism. Y his whereabouts were still unknown saturday. The United states last year suspended about $10 million of military Aid to Kenya because of concern about possible human rights abuses in 1.090, a year of political turmoil in the East african country a. Earlier this year the United states released about half that Aid but 1991 military Aid donations remain suspended.,a r to Ankara s detention marked the resumption of government arrests of its perceived opponents alter a Lull of about four months. Reward offered for missing son the parents of a 2.3-year-old american missing in Europe since last june Are offering $25,000 for information leading to his whereabouts _ or. And mrs. Ronnie Nease of Fayetteville ga., last heard from their son Mark 19, 1990,when he called from Munich. Ger _ Many. During the Call die. Said he was going to visit Berlin and Greece before returning Home. Mark a graduate of West Georgia College left Fayetteville for Madrid Spain on april 5. From there he travelled to Seville and then on to Portugal England Ireland Quot Scotland Amsterdam Netherlands and Germany. He called has parents every two weeks. His parents Haxe. Learned that he left Berlin Between May 25 and 27. From there they have traced him to ios a greek Island eight to 10 hours by boat Froid Athens. Nease they said friends he made there told them that on june 7, Mark said he was going Back to Madrid to catch a plane for Home l in said he planned to travel through Yugoslavia. A. When Mark left los. He had $300 Worth of american express traveler a checks a Diamond ring for his Girlfriend and probably a Small amount of Cash his parents said. I he return plane ticket has not been used and the traveler a checks have not been cashed. Luggage he had left in Seville has never been picked up. He had purchased a counterfeit a pass at los to use for his return from Greece to Spain the parents said. They believe he could be in jail because of the ticket. Robert 1/ Valente a special agent in the state be apartment a a diplomatic Security service was assigned to investigate the Case but made no Progress. The leases also hired two Quot private investigators have contacted pm. Basses and have travelled to Greece Italy and Yugoslavia trying to find their son. Mark is 5 feet 8 inches tall weighs about 155 pounds has Brown hair and Brown eyes and wears Contact Lens or carries a passport with the number 042560010. The a eases Telephone number is 404-4614511. Their address is 1146 Redwine Road Fayetteville ga., 30214. A a
