February
Spain: Bomb explodes at Swiss pharmaceutical corporation in Bilbao. The blast caused material damage but no injuries. The same day, police defuse a bomb at a Renault office in Baracaldo. Tha Rasque Fatherland and Liberty Military wing probably was responsible.
(b)(3)
Four Basque Fatherland and Liberty suspects moved from Pau prison to jails in the Paris region. The four are awaiting extradition to Spain. _(b)(3)
4 February
Belgium: Authorities in Mons arrest two women who are suspected members of an Italian leftist terrorist group. They are believed to be members of the Combatant Communist Unit that committed terrorist acts in the early 1980s. (b)(3)
5 February
Spain: Galician separatists detonate bombs in seven northwestern towns, causing little damage to regional banks and no injuries. The Galician Free People's Army
claimed responsibility protesting the detention of three members of the group. (b)(3)
South Africa: A bomb explodes in a bus shelter near an estate frequented by South African President P. W. Botha and senior members of his Cabinet. Police suspect that a limpet mine planted by me African National Congress was responsible. One
(b)(3) woman was slightly injured.
6 February
Austria: Arab and Palestinian students occupy Arab League Mission in Vienna to
refugee camps in Lebanon. The takeover was accomplished
protest att,
peacefully.(b)(3)
West Germany: Bomb explodes at Asylum Seekers 'registration office in West Berlin. There were no injuries and only slight damage. The Revolutionary Cells (RZ) claimed responsibility
(b)(3)
El Salvador: Armed terrorists hijack San Salvador bus. The hijackers left subversive literature and fled following a brief firefight. No injuries were reported. (b)(3)
7 February
Belgium: Molotov cocktails thrown at Syrian Embassy. An anonymous caller
jesieged Palestinian camps in Lebanon, and to protest the Assad regime.
claimed the firebombs were thrown in reveng(b)(3)?
Italy: Two Italians, kidnaped by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Army in December, returned home. The Italians said they were treated well by their captors. Several Ethiopians captured with them were also freed.[(b)(3)
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