Arab Acts of Terrorism at Munich
Airport, Home for Aged, Condemned
MUNICH (JTA) — Surgeons am- traced to a laundry from where
putated the left leg of Hannah it had been stolen. Police said
Meron, the 46-year-old Israeli they searched the quarters of
stage and screen actress who was several radical leftist youths but
seriously injured in the Arab ter- found no evidence. The Protestant
rorist attack on El Al passengers church has donated $6,000 to the
at Munich Airport. The amputa- Munich Jewish community to help
tion, below the knee, was per- the survivors of the fire.
formed at the Recht Der Isar Hos-
The Bundestag decided to give
pital here by Chief Surgeon Georg $250,000 to rebuild the home for
Maurer. He said it was necessary the aged. Police Chief Hermann
because damaged blood vessels Haring said that three investigat-
caused circulation problems which ing teams were working night and
threatened gangrene. Miss day to track down the arsonists.
Meron's husband was at her bed- Sympathy for the fire victims
side. Her general condition was was expressed by deputies in the
reported to be improved.
Bundestag. Authorities here said
In Montreal, Samuel Chait, pres- that the preliminary investiga-
ident of the Federated Zionist Or- tions are nearly completed and
ganization of Canada, sent a tele-
Munich Airport police arrested
gram to the secretary of state three armed Arabs boarding a
for external affairs condemning Yugoslavian airliner and charged
"the outrageous attack against El that they planned to hijack it to
Al at Munich Airport." Chait an unknown destination. Police tes-
stated that this attack "continues tified in magistrates court that the
the series of acts of savagery three passengers were carrying
against innocent civilians menac- loaded pistols. An English lan-
ing all peaceful air travel."
guage leaflet was found on the
Similar telegrams were sent to person of one of them urging pas-
Secretary General U Thant, United sengers to remain calm.
Nations; International Civil Avia-
ATHENS — Greece Tuesday
tion Organiation; and Internation- scheduled for March 21 the mur-
al Air Transport Association.
der trial of two Arabs charged
One of the three Arab attackers, with attacking an Israeli El Al
who uses the name Mohammed jetliner at Athens Airport 14
Hadidi, confessed he had planned months ago.
Israel earlier protested a post-
to hijack the El Al plane, accord-
ing to a plan developed in Bagh- ponement granted by the Greek
dad under which he was to kill c o u r t. The postponement was
everyone aboard if there was re- granted by a three-judge panel at
sistance: 'The attack cost him an the request of defense counsel
arm. He refused to give his real after 12 of the 28 witnesses called
name to police or to identify his were absent from the trial's open-
superiors. His two companions ing. Israel's diplomatic envoy here,
have refused to make any state- Yaakov Caroz. called at the for-
ments. Police said formal charges eign ministry to protest. He noted
of murder and attempted murder that at least three of the absent
against the trio would be filed prosecution witnesses were Greek
state employes.
soon.
Memorial services attended by
Greek officials had rejected
President Gustav Heinemann of
rumors that the postponement had
the Federal Republic were held followed a pledge by Arab guer-
here for seven elderly Jews who rillas to halt anti-Israel attacks
died in a fire that gutted an old
on Greek soil.
age home last Friday night. The
Caroz also pointed out that the
fire was set by unknown arson-
Greek consuls in Beirut and Am-
ists for whose capture the gov-
man had served summonses on
ernment has posted a ;20,500 re- three Arab defense witnesses two
ward. The services were also at-
days after expiration of the legal
tended by Interior Minister Hans time limit. The defendants are
Dietrich. Genscher and the Ba-
Mahmoud Mohamed, a 26-year-old I
varian! inime minister, Dr:
teacher, and Maher Sulieman, a
Alfonso Gopple. The latter 20-year-old student. They claim
likened the crime to those com-
membership in the Marxist Popu-
mitted against the Jews by the
lar Front for the Liberation of
Nazis. Israel's Ambassador Elia- Palestine. They have been charged
shev Ben Morin was also present.
with murder in the death of Leon
The seven victims' bodies were Shirdan, 50-year-old Israeli marine
flown to Israel for burial.
engineer, who was a passenger
Police meanwhile reported their aboard the El Al plane. The de-
first clue to the arsonists. They dendants machine-gunned the air-
said an empty gasoline can found craft as it was preparing to take
in the burned out building was off for New York. Caroz said the
delay in their trial would only
encourage other Arab terrorist at-
It is clear that Clothes
tacks on Greek soil.
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