The World - News from June 23, 1985
West German officials say they are taking seriously a claim by an obscure group called “Peace Conquerers” that it planted a bomb that killed three people and injured 40 at Frankfurt airport. The claim, which came in a letter from the group to the Brussels news agency Belga, said the explosion was a warning to protest pollution, adding, “Before the end of the month, we will destroy an important building at Frankfurt airport and a jumbo jet.” Earlier, the agency received a telephone call allegedly from the group claiming a bomb blast at the Brussels office of the West German chemical firm, Bayer.
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