Palestinian to Stand Trial in ’86 Berlin Disco Bombing
A Palestinian man was flown to Germany on Thursday to stand trial on charges he masterminded a 1986 Berlin disco bombing that killed two U.S. servicemen.
Flanked by Lebanese and German police, 37-year-old Mohammed Yasser Chraidi arrived at Berlin’s Schoenfeld Airport after Lebanon agreed to surrender him last week following a three-year battle over extradition.
German authorities believe that Chraidi and others attacked the La Belle discotheque because it was a hangout for U.S. soldiers. A Turkish woman also died in the blast, which led President Ronald Reagan to order airstrikes against Libya.
Chraidi has denied involvement in the attack.
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