European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a the stars and stripes thursday september 26, 1991zairian soldiers go on deadly rampage Brazzaville Congo apr French troops seized positions in Zaire a capital tuesday to protect foreigners from mutinous zairian soldiers As violence reportedly spread to other cities. Up to 19 people were reported killed in two Days of fighting. Belgian radio said at least 18 people had died since the violence began monday in Kinshasa capital of the former belgian Colony. French military sources said a French paratrooper died of wounds suffered when his unit was fired on by the mutinous troops. The other victims were zairian. Belgian reports tuesday said the violence had spread to the mining centers of Kolwe i and Lubumbashi in Southeastern Zaire and Kisangani in Northern Zaire. French belgian and other foreign nationals were gathering at embassies or other secure locations to await evacuation. Three jets from the belgian airline Sabena and nine belgian air Force c-130s with paratroopers aboard were due to arrive at the Kinshasa Airport to evacuate belgians. The Airport has been seized by French paratroopers. About 300 French nationals crossed the Congo River to Brazzaville Early tuesday evening. A lebanese National evacuated to Harare Zimbabwe on tuesday said there was a a total breakdown of Law and he said his shop in Lumb Bashi was looted and his Home burned. A i have never been so frightened in my Lile a he said. He would not give his name. Quot about 3,000 zairian paratroopers went on a rampage monday in the capital closing the Airport and Congo River port and looting stores. Diplomats said the paratroopers were angry because they Hadnot been paid for several months. It was unclear How Many zairian sol Diers were involved in the fighting by late tuesday. Government controlled Kinshasa radio claimed late monday that troops Loyal to president Mobutu sese seko had chased the mutineers from the capital. But on tuesday morning people in Brazzaville. 1.500 feet across the Congo River from Kinshasa could hear heavy firing. In Paris the foreign ministry said France sent three companies of paratroopers. About 450 men. To Zaire to protect Kinshasa a Airport and the French embassy. They entered from the Congo by crossing the two countries River Border. Belgium also announced it had sent 500 paratroopers to help protect its citizens in Zaire. About 4.000 French nationals and 11,000 belgians live in Zaire. Greece Italy and Portugal also were planning to evacuate their nationals. World Chau Chen Ping Vente wearing a White shirt Battles legislator Huang Tien Sheng wearing headband. Brawl erupts in Taiwan legislature t All i Laiwan apr legislators crawled at the podium and Premier Llau Pei Tsun was forced to deliver his speech bom behind protective plastic Shields tuesday when Laiwan convened a new session of parliament. No one was seriously injured news reports said about 50 legislators were involved in the fighting described As the worst outbreak of legislative violence. The fistfights erupted when Yeh Chu Lan 41, of the opposition democratic progressive party tried to deliver what she described As a Quot declaration of War a that challenged the government to debate the abolition of sedition Laws. Chao Chen Ping of the governing nationalist party shoved her aside and punched opposition legislator Huang Tien Sheng who rushed to her Rescue. The oppositions 16 other legislators immediately leapt from their seats and battled other nationalist members. About 100 Security guards rushed into the chamber to protect Cabinet ministers. When order was restored Hau tried to deliver his speech but was interrupted by opposition legislators who banged their desks with shoes and books and shouted Quot abolish sedition Laws Quot and Quot Hau Pei Tsun the opposition says the sedition Laws suppress political dissidents. The nationalist party says the Laws Are needed for National Security but that it is willing to revise them. Several tossed documents at Hau 72, a former general who took office last year. Hau appeared unperturbed and raised his arms to signal Victory when he finished his 35-minute speech. In his speech tuesday Hau told the 211-member parliament that Taiwan must work toward stability economic development democracy and the eventual reunification of China and Taiwan. The two have been divided since 1949, when the chinese communists Defeated the nationalists in a civil War. I German civilian Pilot killed in 2-plane collision from wire reports Bonn Germany a a military Jet and a sports aircraft collided tuesday Over Southern Germany apparently causing the death of the civilian Pilot whose plane crashed on a major Road police said. A police spokesman said the military aircraft a phantom managed to continue its flight after the midair collision and safely landed at a nearby Airstrip. The spokesman said the Pilot of the Small sports aircraft had probably died after crashing his plane on the Road near Villinger Schwen Ningen in Southern Germany. Frozen Corpse found Innsbruck Austria a scientists Are studying the Frozen body of what May be a centuries old Warrior discovered in a Glacier by hikers trekking High in the austrian Alps. Experts who conducted an initial examination said tuesday that the Corpse was incredibly Well preserved and could be up to 500 years old. However Konrad Spindler of the Institute for Early history at the University of Innsbruck noted a Metal a and leather from what seems to have been spats found near the body a which could Date the death to the late 1800s. Hikers stumbled across the body in a Glacier last thursday in Austria a Tirol Mountain Region at an Elevation of about 10,000 feet. The body which has been flown to Innsbruck for study shows injuries on the Back and head. But there was no indication of exactly How the person died. The skin is intact and the Corpse still has its front Teeth. Aside from deterioration of the tip of the nose the face is remarkably Well preserved. Nuclear leak controlled Prague Czechoslovakia a officials at the Jaslovsky Boh Unice nuclear Power Plant reported a Small radioactive leak but say they have the situation under control the ctr news Agency said tuesday. The official news Agency said the leak occurred late last week and represented Only 0.25 percent of the Plant s allowable yearly limit. The Accident probably was caused by a leakage of water from a fire safety system that washed contaminated soil into the sewerage system of the Plant ctr said. Plant officials have taken necessary Steps and have the situation under control it said. It provided no other details. The Plant s two reactors Are located in the slovak Republic 75 Miles from the austrian capital Vienna and about half that distance from the slovak capital Bratislava. The plants Are based on a soviet design and built with czechoslovak hardware. They have been in operation since 1985. Austria has expressed concern about the safety of the reactors and would like Czechoslovakia to shut them Down
