European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 8 a the stars and stripes monday december 23, 1991 4 killed store bombed in n. Ireland violence Belfast Northern Ireland Lipi a four men were killed in a pre Christmas outbreak of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. A firebomb exploded Early sunday in a Belfast store causing minor damage police said. Three men were killed in attacks in Belfast on saturday night following the fatal shooting of a University student earlier in the Day in Moy 55 Miles West of Belfast. In the protestant Village District of South Belfast two gunmen burst into the downstairs room of the crowded Donegal  pub and opened fire killing two protestant men and wounding three others said a Royal Ulster constabulary spokesman. Less than three hours later gunmen forced their Way into the Home of a roman Catholic Man less than half a mile away and killed him in front of his wife a protestant the spokesman said. The Ulster Freedom fighters a protestant paramilitary group claimed responsibility for the attack in a Telephone Call to a Belfast newspaper. They said the Catholic Many a slaying was in response to the attack on the pub. No organization claimed responsibility for the killings at the Donegal . Sean Mcknight a spokesman for sinn fein the political of the Irish Republican  denounced the deaths As a a sectarian outrage Quot indicating that the Ira was not responsible. Area residents believe the Irish Peoples liberation organization a paramilitary splinter group of the Ira staged the attack. The anglican Bishop of Connor or. Samuel Poyntz condemned All four killings. A the murders four Days before Christmas Are yet another Stark example of the. Sacrifice of people because of hatred and bigotry which has blinded individuals Quot he said. A i beg of them that there will be no futher  John Alderdice the Leader of the Alliance party said a these attacks Are an indication that 1992 is not going to be a year to look Forward to. We More urgently now need politicians to Start new  the Alliance party is a Middle of the Road group with protestant and Catholic members. On saturday morning Robin Farmer 19, a student Home on leave from the University in Scotland was shot and killed while protecting his father from gunmen in the gun and tackle shop he operates in Moy. Farmers father escaped a previous murder attempt by the Ira which last month planted a bomb under his Van. An  patrol spotted the bomb and defused it police said. A total of 93 people have been killed in the British ruled province of Northern Ireland this year. A firebomb exploded in a Woolworth a store in Central Belfast at 2 15 a.m., sunday causing minor damage police said. The attack was the latest in a series of firebombing on stores in Northern Ireland and Mainland Britain. The Ira has claimed responsibility for Many of the attacks. World two killed by mudslide in Swiss Alpine Village from wire reports Geneva a two people were killed sunday when a mudslide triggered by heavy Rains buried a House in a Valley of the southwestern Swiss Alps police said. Mudslides and avalanches disrupted Road and rail traffic in several Mountain areas sunday. Authorities in Grisons Canton temporarily closed All pass roads.8 die in factory blast Tokyo a a tank at an edible Oil factory in the Western City of Osaka exploded and burned sunday killing eight workers who were inspecting it police and Are officials said. Nine workers were inspecting the 49-foot-High tank at Fuji Oil co., a leading japanese manufacturer of edible Oil and fat said a fire official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The ninth worker was unhurt the official said. Firefighters brought the Blaze under control three hours later the official added. The cause of the explosion was not immediately  rattles islands a Strong earthquake rumbled through the sparsely populated Kuril islands on sunday the latest in a series of temblor in the area this month. The earthquakes epicentre was 900 Miles Northeast of Tokyo said Pat Jorgenson spokeswoman for the . Geological Survey in Menlo Park Calif. Jorgenson said there were no reports of damage or injuries from the three quakes.3 lebanese abducted by israeli soldiers freed Saida Lebanon up a Israel on saturday freed three lebanese civilians two Days after they were captured by israeli troops in Southern Lebanon Security sources and witnesses said. The abducted lebanese were handed Over to officials of the International committee of the red Cross inside israelis self declared a Security zone Quot the sources said. Witnesses said they arrived in a red Cross car at the far Timnit Gate near the Edge of the zone where their families and a number of journalists were waiting for them. The three lebanese were Shawki Zahas a 43-year-old journalist working for the pro syrian As Safir newspaper and the Reuters news Agency and two friends Kamal Nahal and Hassan Zuhour. Thursday night israeli commandos landed in helicopters and erected a checkpoint near the Village of Jib Sheet 34 Miles Southeast of Beirut. There they detained eight lebanese civilians. They later released five of the lebanese and transferred the other three to an unknown site believed to have been in Israel. Upon their release Zahas and Nahal were immediately escorted to Jib Sheet their Home Village by lebanese soldiers. Zuhour was escorted to the nearby town Ona Atiyeh. Nahal who owns a Butcher shop in Jib Sheet was stunned when he was told that his two sons Abed 16, and Abbas 12, were killed shortly after his capture. The boys died when a Booby trapped flashlight allegedly left behind by the israelis exploded. Zahas said the israelis had locked the three lebanese in a Small room and accused them of belonging to Hezbollah an umbrella organization for shiite Muslim groups. A i told them that i am a journalist but they did not want to believe me a Zahas said upon his  i Iowa Puperi Yiu gets Loans to stay afro London apr two Banks said sat cussing our Long term required Mountain fever grips Germany the autobahn Between Munich Germany and Salzburg Austria was packed with vehicles saturday As thousands of people left Home to Start their Christmas Holiday vacation. Many of the motorists were heading to Alpine ski resorts. Traffic jams on some autobahn in Germany were reported to be More than 90 Miles Long. London apr two Banks said sat urday they would continue to extend credit to Mirror group newspapers pc keeping afloat one of the late Robert maxwells troubled companies. National Westminster and Lloyds the joint coordinating Banks for Mirror group agreed to lend about $46.5 million to cover the groups operating costs until the end of january. Mirror group was one of two publicly traded companies of the Maxwell publishing Empire which collapsed following maxwells death nov. 5. Mirror group chairman Ernest burning ton said a the company a Bankers have been understanding and Are meeting our current financial needs. We arc also Dis cussing our Long term requirements with  Derrick Plummer a director of Nat West a group credit risk said a Long term credit agreement would not be possible until a Many More issues Quot were clarified. Trading on shares in Mirror group and in Maxwell communication pc were suspended dec. 2 amid allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars were missing from Maxwell owned companies and their pension funds. In new York Maxwell communication which has about 80 percent of its assets in the United states on monday filed for Protection under chapter 11 of the . Bankruptcy Laws