Bomb Explodes at Aircraft Maker’s Office in Munich
A bomb exploded Monday at a Munich building housing a North Atlantic Treaty Organization office and an aircraft company that builds jet fighters. Meanwhile, saboteurs felled high-tension wires near Frankfurt, authorities said.
Police said no one was injured in the two attacks, which were not linked.
The bomb exploded at 1:45 a.m. and caused about $120,000 damage to the five-story building housing the NATO liaison office in Munich and Panavia Aircraft Co., which produces the Tornado fighter-bomber. Investigators said the jet maker was the apparent target of the attack.
About 160 miles away in Helmstadt, authorities said, saboteurs sawed down a high-tension mast, which fell and damaged six others, causing $500,000 damage. No one claimed responsibility.
The Munich blast was the second bomb attack in West Germany in a week. On Sept. 8, a car bomb damaged the Cologne headquarters of West Germany’s counterintelligence agency.
Police offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for planting the Munich bomb, which also caused some damage to a nearby post office.
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