European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 06, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse I 10 the stars and stripes world Friday August 6,1993 Turk fire in to setting ice say Cologne Ger Fany a police said a turkish Man confessed to setting a fire that destroyed a turkish restaurant wednesday and injured three people. The Blaze at first was blamed on right Wing radicals. It was the second recent Case in which an arson that looked like a Neo nazi attack was later blamed on someone who was part of the family that suffered wednesday morning s firebombing burned Down a turkish restaurant in Sulheim a town outside Cologne and injured three members of the family that runs the establishment police said their injuries weren t life threatening authorities said and damaged was Esti mated at 500,000 Marks $290,000. Police said swastikas Spray painted at the site indicated the fire was motivated by hatred for foreigners but later wednesday they announced that a 20-year-old relative of the turkish restaurant owners had confessed to setting the fire. _ his motive was not Clear and the investigation continued police said. Two weeks ago police in the bavarian City of Sci Dan said they had arrested a turkish Man for alleged arson and insurance fraud for setting fire to his own Home on june 30. He claimed he had received death threats and that someone had stuck to his window a newspaper clipping about the deaths of five turks in a firebombing May 29 in Solingen which is near Cologne. More than 1,000 racially or ethnically motivated at tacks against foreigners have been reported this year. The Solingen attack was the worst. In the City of Duisburg police announced an experimental program aimed at teaching foreigners How to better protect themselves and their Homes. German police have criticized for allegedly failing to do enough to halt Neo nazi attacks. " Germany s Ard television network said police in Duisburg will Start advising the City s 70,000 foreigners on How to protect themselves. Police officers will distribute fliers advising foreign ers to keep their doors and windows locked even during Short periods away from Home and to have a fire extinguisher on hand. Foreigners will also be advised to notify police about anything suspicious. Thousands converge on Palace to View body of belgian King Brussels Belgium a nearly 100,000 mourners overwhelmed the capital thursday As they sought to pay their last respects to King Baudouin their ruler Tor 42 years. The 19th-Century Palace in downtown Brussels was opened to the Public to View the King s body. A Gauzy White veil covered his face and hands and Belgium s Rcd yellow Black Flag was draped across his feet. I won t forget him easily said Jean Marie Pfaff a former National goalkeeper and one of Belgium s most popular athletes. I m Here As a belgian just like anyone else. It s the least i could do he said while waiting among the thousands in front of the elegant Palace. Baudouin died saturday while vacationing in Spain. He was 62. Belgians began lining up at 3 . In front of the pal Ace to pay their last respects to Baudouin. In Early afternoon almost 100,000 people had formed a waiting line of at least five hours. To handle the crush authorities announced the pal Ace would remain continuously open until saturday morning when the state funeral is scheduled at nearby St. Michael s Cathedral. Police initiated emergency plans at noon to control the growing crowds. They advised people to bring food and drink and to leave children at Home. Even though the King was popular the emotional outpouring was a Surprise for Many since belgians Are not known for their overt show of affection. Who could have expected such masses to show up asked a to correspondent broadcasting live from the Royal Park across the Street from the ornate Palace. Prince Albert and his wife Princess Paola watch the Transfer of the remains of his brother King Baudouin to the Palace in Brussels on wednesday. Salvages attempting to retrieve a boat Copenhagen Denmark a salvages have begun efforts to raise a German world War ii submarine from 220 feet underwater to see if the wreck really does contain treasure and top secret nazi documents. The attempt began wednesday and was to take about three weeks. The is to create a unique museum and exhibition in Denmark with the u-534 As its Centrepiece said Jonathan Wardlow spokesman for the project backers. Blasted by British air Force bombers on May 5, 1945, the Craft Sank about 15v Miles off the danish Island of Anholt in the Kattegat Strait Between Denmark land Sweden. That was one Day after nazi troops in Denmark Northern Germany Norway and the Netherlands sur rendered. In the following decades amid repeated Salvage at tempts Danes wondered what the a boat was carrying when it fled Germany As the third Reich collapsed. Some believe it had jewels and Gold aboard. Others think it was carrying secret documents or top nazis try ing to escape to South America. Three of the 52-Man Crew escaped from the a boat but died nevertheless. The 254-foot submarine was assigned to the 33rd Fleet in Flensburg Germany which often transported valuables secret documents and key nazi officials be tween Germany and its ally Japan said the salvages. They said other ships from the 33rd were later seized by the allies and of fed to contain such items As opium tin documents or microfilm or to have top officials aboard. A consortium led by danish newspaper owner Karsten ree hired the Salvage company Smit Tak of the Netherlands to raise the a boat with divers and two giant floating cranes. One Crane is to lift the submarine from the seabed so a submersible Barge can be Maneu Vered under it. Both cranes Are then to lift the Barge wit the submarine on it. Shipping and air lanes near the Salvage site were closed because the u-534 May have tons of explosive aboard said Wardlow. Past attempts to raise the submarine foundered for Lack of Money. First vessel sunk by Bush May have been located from wife reports kor or Palau what is believed to be the first japanese vessel sunk by George Bush during his career As a Navy flier in world War ii has Bee found the government said thursday. The wreck of the armed trawler was locate monday in shallow Waters in Palau a Western Pacific Island Chain near the Philippines by ventures inc., a Northern California company working with Palau the government said in a statement. Archival records and an instrument for measuring magnetic forces were used to pinpoint the location of the vessel which was sunk june 25,1944, during the Battle of Pel Eliu the statement said. We found ammunition aboard and a number of artefacts said Dan e. Bailey the author Olathe world War ii wrecks who took part in the former president is waiting for proof that we be actually found the site Bailey said. We retaken extensive video footage of the wreck site and Well be sending that to him As soon As we return tothe United Robert Stinnett author of George Bush his world War ii years wrote that Bush an Ensign at the time was flying a torpedo bomber named Shebarbara two when he spotted the trawler at Anchor and dropped a 500-Pound bomb. Bush scored a direct hit on the trawler s Stern Stinnett wrote. The trawler Sank within five minutes. Its Crew took to lifeboats which were strafed by escorting . Fighter planes from the aircraft Carrier san Jacinto. Reporter probed for spying Bonn Germany a widening probe into High level cold War spying by the East German secret service has settled on its first journalist Federal prosecutors said wednesday. A Bonn based German reporter and her former husband reportedly an official of the state of nor Rhein westfalen Are under investigation spokesman Rolf Hannich said in a Telephone interview from Karlsruhe. Hannich gave no other details. A denied a report in the mass circulation Bild newspaper that the two suspects had been temporarily detained. The investigation stems from a Cache of 2,000 East German files that has quickened Bonn s slow summer Pace since news of its existence was confirmed last month. Kurd kill 15, wound 13 Mut i Turkey separatist kurdish guerrillas killed 15 people and injured 13 wednesday after stopping two minibuses ordering the riders to get out then raking them with automatic weapons fire state radio reported. The report said the attack by fighters of the kurdish workers party occurred near the Village of yen Dogan in Southeast Turkey s bit Lis province. The radio later said most of the people on the minibuses were relatives of the Village s militia guards. The rebels often target members and relatives of a 39,000-Strong kurdish militia that helps the army fight the guerrillas. Iraq blaming Iran for blast Nicosia Cyprus Iraq is accusing Iran in a car bomb explosion near a Baghdad Hospital that wounded at least two people. The iraqi government said two people were injured when the car bomb exploded wednesday near the Ibn Al Bitar Hospital. Sources speaking on condition of anonymity said four people were wounded. Several government facilities including a state radio and television Complex Are in the area of the blast. Most old rubles exchanged Moscow in the Rush to get rid of their old rubles russians have cashed in nearly three quarters of the invalidated notes in just a week s time officials said tuesday. Russia s Central Bank caused a nationwide panic july 26 when it decided it would no longer accept Ruble notes printed before this year. Citi2ens have until aug. 31-to Exchange up to 100,000 rubles each. That is about $101. I
