The World - News from Aug. 13, 1985
Fuel-soaked bedding was found on a West German train used to carry American soldiers and supplies between Frankfurt and West Berlin, but a faulty igniting device failed to set the material ablaze. Frankfurt police said blankets and pillows “were soaked with a liquid, probably diesel fuel, and stacked in the entranceways” of the four sleeper cars, which travel 110 miles through East Germany to Berlin. Police said the incident had “no apparent connection” to the terrorist car bombing that killed two Americans last week at Rhein-Main Air Base near Frankfurt.
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