Police hand over $300,000
Z F A FRANKFURT (West Germany). March 10. The police hate handed os er a ransom of one million marks (about •5310.000> to a gunman holding two people hostage in the criminal court in F rankfurt. lhe cash was lowered in a briefcase from an upper storey and the man grabbed it as it dangled in front of the window of the room in which he is barricaded with his captives, the police said. A police spokesman said the unidentified man was counting the money, which vtas in 500. 100, and 50mark notes. The gunman had demanded a ransom of 5m marks (about Sl.sm) and a plane to flv him to Cuba. He threatened a bloodbath if his demands were not met. The police said thev had assured the gunman that he could take his hostages with him to Frankfurt Airport, This contradicted conditions at first set by the
police that he tree them in the court building. The hostages had themselves told the police they vs anted to go to the airport. where, according to the West German airline, Lufthansa, a Boeing 707 airliner is being held ready. The hooded gunman took two court officials hostage yesterday after failing in an apparent attempt to free a prisoner on trial for stealing 2m marks ($620,000).
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34099, 11 March 1976, Page 18
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