European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes world wednesday november 2, 1994 fugitive nabbed by German police. A v a Sterberg Germany a police on tuesday captured one of two escaped convicts who Jed them on a wild30-hour Chase across Germany switching getaway cars and hostages often. But the other Man a former East Ger Man army commando dubbed the Machete murderer continued to elude police. " German Media had breathlessly Fol Lowed the two men who kidnapped police officers robbed a Bank and raced through six German states. Gerhard Polak a 35-year-old Swiss sex tort Ioner was captured about 2 . By officers who had ringed the Lakeside Hamlet of Heusterberg a vacation  arrest came after the outlaws abandoned their car and freed a last set of hostages Early tuesday. Polak was found lying on the ground in the Woods and did hot resist arrest police spokesman Kurt Maier said. Polak had a Rucksack a Dummy hand grenade some Money and a weapon that Maie did not describe. Maier said police saw a second person in the Woods which were surrounded by heavily armed police with machine guns riot helmets and bulletproof vests. Re porters heard gunfire at the time of the arrest. /. _.  still at Large was Raymond Albert a 32-year-old former member of an elite unit of the East German army. He had been serving a life term for strangling tavern owner and cutting the Man s head off with a Machete. Several times on monday the outlaw spoke with television and tabloid report ers Over a car phone. The pair who had broken out of prison three weeks ago said they had machine pistols and a Gre Nade and would blow themselves and their hostages up unless police kept Back. You can take us out it s All the same to me because the got nothing to lose. Same for my Friend one of the fun Raymond Albert left and Gerhard Polak led police on a wild Chase across Ger Many. Polak was captured tuesday. Git yes told rtl2 television. They released the last three hostages a couple and a Man originally seize with his children aged 3 and 1 about 4 30 . On tuesday. More than 75 journalists gathered later outside Heisterberg about 43 Miles North of Frankfurt where the fugitives were hiding. %. Hundreds of police cordoned off the area and tightened a ring on the vacation Hamlet. Intersections were packed with Green and White police vehicles helicopter buzzed overhead and elite police com Mandos were brought in. Police cars pursuing the gunmen had been ordered to keep a certain distance because of the gunmen s threats to blow themselves and the hostages up. The Chase began before Dawn monday near Stuttgart when the two fugitives kid napped two Stuttgart police officers who approached the minivan in which the were steeping. Switching getaway cars and taking an releasing a total of eight hostages the convicts drove More than 620 Miles Fol Lowed by dozens of police cars. Summit an officer directs traffic tuesday As police vehicles Block the Road leading to Heister Berg Germany. One of two escaped inmates was captured near the Hamlet.  is Casablanca Morocco a the first eco nomic Summit of Middle Eastern and North african nations called tuesday for a regional development Bank a loosely structured economic Community and a regional chamber of Commerce to help Cement a tenuous peace in the Region. The conference ordered a group of experts to set up a regional funding mechanism to include the development Bank that will engage in Long term regional assistance. Tuesday s final session of the three Day Summit chaired by Morocco s King Hassan ii also ordered the establishment of a tourist Board to encourage travel in the Middle East and a regional business Council to pro Mote Commerce. Symbolizing the improved ties sweeping the Region Israel and Morocco were to open interest bureaus tuesday in each other s capitals a step toward Mutual diplomatic recognition. Israelis and arabs joined International investors in examining How tourism telecommunications water sharing and other economic investment can help ensure peace in the Middle East. More than 2,500 participants from 65 countries sat in on panels met in hallways and crowded Casablanca Best restaurants to sound out partners and begin Cut Ting deals. Water sharing has Long been a contentious topic since Israel s sources of water include reservoirs seized after its War with Syria and subterranean pockets under the occupied West Bank water is a prize resource in the deserts of the arid Middle East. National Aims including agricultural employment and social policy Are involved in the value of water said Franklin Fisher a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of technology. Telecommunications another Industry Ripe for exploitation was taken up monday. An explosion of in formation capacity is expected in the Middle East As peace Breaks out. The Summit also provided a forum for countries out Side the Middle East to become involved in the Region rebuilding. Canada announced monday the creation of a $44million fund to Aid development in the North african countries of Morocco Algeria and Tunisia. The fund represents the very purpose of the Casa Blanca Summit which is to consolidate peace by strength ening economic cooperation and development said Ca Nadian foreign minister Andre Ouellet. Stability remains the key. Nobody will invest a Enny if they think someone will throw a Stone and the order will be closed in the palestinian controlled lands said Arafat spokesman Marwan Kanafani. Israel closed Border Crossings Between Israel and the Gaza strip after an oct. 19 bus bombing in Tel Aviv killed 23 people. It was to begin reopening the Cross Ings tuesday. 2 held in killing of . Boy in Italy Vibo Valentia Italy a police held two men tuesday As suspects in the killing of a 7-year-old. California boy whose parents donated his organs news reports said. The two were described As Youngmen with criminal records picked up in an operation aimed at bandits who have terrorized car and truck drive son the highways of Southern Calabria. State television said that no charges were immediately filed but that the two reportedly confessed to the slay ing. The family of Nicholas Green fro Bodega Bay calif., was driving through Calabria in route to Sicily on sept. 29 when robbers fired at the greens rented car. Nicholas asleep in the Back seat was hit in the head. The boy fell into a coma and was declared brain dead the following Day. His parents donated the boy s liver kidneys heart and pancreas for trans Plant to italians. The act was greeted by an outpouring of compassion and admiration across Italy where Organ donation is rare. Raid rescues captives in India new Delhi India a Indian police saved three British hostages held by Kashmiri an militants after a gun Battle tuesday. Two police officers and a kidnapper were killed a police spokesman  found the House where the hos stages were kept after receiving information from an american who was free from shackles monday and from a kid Napper captured at a nearby Roadblock. Three kidnappers escaped during the gunfight which began about 3 . In a Village outside the Northern Indian town of Saharanpur about 90 Miles North of new Delhi police officials said. The hostages who were unharmed. Said they were not beaten but were treated badly during their Captivity. We were chained to the floor like Ani Mals. The food was Good  sanitary conditions were Basic said Rhys Partridge 27, who was kidnapped from a cheap tourist hotel near new Delhi s rail Way station. The hostages had been held for about10 Days although the kidnapping was not known until Ransom demands were sent monday to the British broadcasting corp. And the voice of America. The kidnappers belonged an Organiza Tion called Al Hadid