European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 221 350 tuesday november 24,1992 d 8693 Agerman firebombing kills 3 in turkish apartments a child places Flowers in front of a building in Molln where two turkish women and a girl died in a firebombing. Berlin a two turkish women and a 10-Ycar-old girl died monday in the firebombing of two apartment houses the worst hate crime since a wave of xenophobic violence spread across the country. The attack in the town of Molln about 25 Miles cast of Hamburg in Western Germany followed one of the worst weekends of the ctr Csc rightist violence that has plagued the country for months. In two claims of responsibility for the Molln attack Anonymous Telephone callers yelled the nazi Salute a Heil Hitler a said chief Federal prosecutor Alexander von Stahl. Authorities said the fires were set shortly after Midnight in two buildings about 1,500 feet apart. Nine other people were injured. The apartment houses have housed turks Germany a largest immigrant group for years. The girl who died was of turkish descent but was born in Germany local prosecutor Gunter Moeller said. Hours after the attack Stahl announced that he was taking Over the murder investigation from local authorities because of its severity and suspected links to terrorism. Stahl said the use of the Hitler Salute indicated that a the unidentified criminals wanted to use their crime to help restore a nazi dictatorship in a spate of extremist violence racked 10 cities Over the weekend including Berlin where a 27-Ycar-old leftist was stabbed to death in a subway station and two other people were injured. Neo nazi attacks on foreigners have risen since 1990, the year that Germany reunited. But there has been a recent increase in violent county assaults by Germany a Veteran leftist groups who proclaim to be friends of foreigners. More than 1,700 acts of violence have been com see German on Page 2 letter sacked a for 8 years by Crystal Laureano staff writer he have won anyway but sgt. Mike Withers probably would have liked his entry for the stars and stripes football contest to have been counted with All the others. In 1984. Nearly eight years after mailing his entry for the contest that offered the Winner two round trip see sacked on Page 2 toll from Savage storms hits 26 the stars and stripes welcomes 22,000 new readers today pupils in grades six through 12 in department of. Defense dependents schools in Germany. The pupils Are receiving free copies of today a edition As part of the Quot stripes and schools / newspaper in education project. By Dan even the associated press tornadoes skipped across North Carolina Early monday killing two people striking a school bus and wrecking scores of Homes. The two fatalities raised to 26 the death toll from storms that thrashed 11 states in the South and Midwest Over the weekend. Hundreds of people were injured. Rescuers in Georgia used dogs to search for victims in the twisted wreckage that had been Peoples Homes. The tornadoes were part of an unusual november storm system that swept from Texas through the Southeast and North into Ohio and Indiana. In addition to the two deaths in North Carolina fatalities from the storms and tornadoes totalled 15 in Mississippi six in Georgia and one each in Tennessee Kentucky and South Carolina. More than a dozen North Carolina counties monday reported damage or injuries from storms. One Tornado killed a Man and a 2-year-old boy in Orange county in Central North Carolina said county manager John link. A Tornado overturned Mobile Homes near Wilsons Mills in the Eastern part of the state injuring several people and overturned a school bus in Pasquo tank county to the North injuring 13 children authorities said. The first tornadoes of the weekend hit Texas and Louisiana on saturday dam see toll on Page 2 Phil Martinez on sunday totes a piece of Bis roof that he found in what was left of his Kitchen after a Tornado levelled his Home in Channelview Texas on saturday
