European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 b the stars and stripes world3 killed at Canada Plant As worker opens fire from wire reports Waterloo Canada a a disgruntled employee opened fire monday in the factory where he worked killing three colleagues police said. A three people Are confirmed dead a said staff inspector Henry Brick of Waterloo Region police. Police said the gunman later surrendered. Workers said the Man used a High powered Rifle to Hunt Down his victims one of whom was an owner of the Ontario Glove Plant. The factory manufactures mittens and gloves in this southwestern Ontario City. Witnesses said the gunman entered the factory late monday morning and shot a company executive. He then went to the Plant floor and shot a woman twice in the Abdomen. A supervisor was chased Down outside the building shot and left lying in a offers Reward Stockholm Sweden a the government offered a $172,000 Reward monday for information leading to the capture of a masked Man behind a spate of attacks against immigrants. The rare move follows a National uproar Over the shootings of 11 third world immigrants by an unidentified assailant or assailants in recent months. One immigrant was killed and two were seriously injured with head wounds. Police said the same gun was used in most of the attacks. Argentina opens its files on nazi War criminals by Nathaniel c. Nash the new York times Buenos Aires Argentina a president Carlos Saul Menem signed an executive decree monday that for the first time opens Argentina a secret government files on nazi War criminals who fled to this country As nazi Germany was collapsing. A we Are taking this step to make this country and its affairs As open As possible a Menem told a gathering of Cabinet members foreign ambassadors and jewish groups. A Argentina has been hiding a truth for 40 years that the whole world wants to see. This is a debt Argentina is paying to the for years jewish groups in Argentina Europe and the United states have tried to get Argentina to open its files. Argentina became a favored spot for senior officials of the third Reich to flee after the War. Among them were Adolf Eichmann who came to Argentina in 1946 and was kidnapped by israeli intelligence agents in 1960, taken to Israel tried and executed. Josef Mengele the physician at the Auschwitz death Camp who had the nickname Angel of death for the grisly experiments he performed on prisoners lived from 1949 to 1960 in Argentina until he fled to Paraguay and eventually died in Brazil. Josef Franz Schwammberge who is now on trial in Stuttgart Germany for ordering the deaths of thousands of jews in the polish town of pro Etsyl lived in Argentina until 1990, when he was extradited to Germany How Many nazi officers lived in Argentina is not known. Some jewish groups say hundreds even thousands. But nazi Hunters say they Are interested in about a dozen celebrated cases of senior officials. One of the most mysterious cases involves Martin Bormann hitlers Deputy who reportedly smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars in Gold and foreign currency looted in Europe to South America. Some experts say Bormann Flea to Argentina. Government officials said monday that the opening of the nazi files had been planned for some time but the Issue took on urgency after Menem strip in november to the United states where jewish organizations won his Promise to take the step promptly. While Menem initially denied that Argentina had any files on Bormann he produced two such folders at the signing ceremony on monday. According to one newspaper account that claimed to have inspected a Bormann file the Argentine police made a search for Bormann in 1949 at the request of the United states. In 1960, acting on a tip the Argentine police detained a German identified As Walter Flegel in Zarate a City 60 Miles North of Buenos Aires believing him to be Bormann. A we done to really think Bormann lived Here but it is a tantalizing Story a Shimon Samuel of the Simon Wiesenthal Center one of the leading groups engaged in seeking War criminals said by Telephone. A what we Hope to find from the documents is More information about the kinds of groups that helped nazis escape from Europe to Kong clashes renew after 21 boat people die Hong Kong a j a vietnamese boat people fought again tuesday night at a detention Center a Day after 21 people were burned to death in the worst violence to strike the British Colony a refugee Camps. There were no immediate reports of injuries from the latest clash which involved about 100 vietnamese at the Shek Kong detention Center. Police fired tear Gas to disperse the crowd after 30 minutes of fighting. The clash occurred in a different Section of the Camp than was hit by a vicious Battle monday night. The Battle raged for hours Between More than 300 Northern and Southern vietnamese wielding homemade Spears axes and knives. Sixteen adults and five children died in a crowded hut set afire by a group during the monday night clash. About 128 people were injured in the fighting. It was not Clear what triggered the fighting which was the worst in the refugee Camps since vietnamese began flooding Hong Kong a shores 12 years ago. Some reports said monday nights Battle erupted during a dispute Over the repatriation of refugees to Vietnam. Others said it started with a fight about hot water for bathing. Tension has grown Between those who Are willing to go Home and those who still dream of a life in the West. Northern and Southern vietnamese also have ethnic divisions As Well As political differences stemming from the Long civil War won by the communist North. Earlier tuesday More than 500 members of the police forces elite tactical unit patrolled the Camp to try to prevent further violence. Police also moved 480 North vietnamese to another Camp in an Effort to defuse tension. Combatants in monday nights Battle fought for several hours ignoring Clouds of tear Gas fired by police. Crowds chased police from the scene As gangs of Southern vietnamese surrounded a corrugated tin hut and set it ablaze by ramming burning blankets through windows and through the roof. Alistair Asprey the British Colony a Secretary for Security said he believed All of the dead were from Northern Vietnam. Some of the bodies were burned beyond recognition. A it was a very big fire and i was scared a said Mai a 12-year-old girl who witnessed the burning of the hut and was moved to another Center tuesday. A i have three friends who were there and i done to know what happened to at Tuen Mun Hospital vietnamese a some with their faces covered with bandages a filled several wards.4 marines accused of assault on girl face trial in Canada Quebec Canada apr a trial Date was set monday for four . Marines accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl during a Goodwill visit. Quebec court judge Laurent Dube told the four marines that they will stand trial beginning May 25 for the alleged attack on the Quebec girl. The attack allegedly occurred last August on the historic Plains of Abraham a sprawling Grassy Park near Quebec a walled old City. The marines had been visiting Quebec last August during a Goodwill visit by the amphibious assault ship Guam. Quebec is on the St. Lawrence River at a Point which is navigable by Large ships. The accused sgt. Leonard Pennell Lance Cpl. Terry Cobb Lance Chi. Mark Canningham and Lance Cpl. Clarence Morris Are All based at Camp Lejeune . They Are being held at a . Military base in Newfoundland a Canadian province pending the outcome of the Case. Sandstorm snarls Egypt i he Suez canal was paralysed and several seaports and highways were closed
