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West Germany: Incendiary device discovered under construction vehicle at NATO slipway construction site at Offenbach/Rumpenhiem. Inclement weather apparently pre responsibility
(b)(3) the device from detonating. No group has claimed
Spain: Three members of October the First Antifascist Resistance Group fail in attempt to rob Zaragoza savings bank. The robbers took hostages during the
were arrested immediately and a third was captured on 3 March.[
attempt but subsequently released them. T(b)(3)pects
Israel: Two Arab terrorists get reduced sentences in bomb plantings. They had been serving 25-year sentences and had successfully appealed for reduced sentences on the grounds that Jewish underground members had received lighter sentences. A military appeals court reduced their terms to 18 years each.
(b)(3)
28 February
Israel: Three infiltrators surprised going through fence on Lebanese border. Two of them were killed, and the other surrendered. They wore Israeli Army uniforms over civilian clothes and had planned to take Israeli hostages to exchange for (b)(3) prisoners belonging to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
2 March
Israel: Bomb explosion in East Jerusalem causes no damage or injuries. The
bomb went off near the Siloam Pool in Silwan. No one took credit for the incident. (b)(3)
3 March
France: Iparretarak claims five bomb attacks in Basque region. The bombs exploded within minutes of each other, causing little damage and no injuries. The targets were political offices in Biarritz and Anglet, the home and
and(b)(3) tu
two policemen in Bayonne, and a private house in Souriade.
Dominican Republic: Bomb explodes ar US-affiliated telephone company offices in San Cristobal. The medium-size device, hurled by unidentified individuals who fied by car, caused considerable damage to the facade of the building but no casualties. The company, a subsidiary of General Telephone and Electronic handles the country's entire telephone communications system.
F(b)(3)7
4 March
Colombia: M-19 guerrillas take seminarians and workers hostage, request to meet Pope during his July visit. Members of the 19 April Movement occupied a seminary north of Bogota for 12 hours and briefly held captive 49 seminarians and (b)(3) 79 workers whom they kidnaped at their workplaces and bused to the seminary.
5 March
South Africa: Police arrest white woman in connection with bombing incidents in Johannesburg. Limpet mines of the type used by the African National Congress were found in her possession.[(b)(3)
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