Action against Mercedes
NZPA-AAP London Mercedes-Benz, the West German car-maker, will be taken to Court after the driver of the West German ambassador was killed in a supposedly bullet-proof car in Beirut. The ambassador, Antonius Eitel, has retained one of the country’s top legal teams for the case, launched on behalf of the widow of the driver, Souhair Daou. On August 16 about eight Christian militiamen surrounded the ambassador’s ■
Mercedes 380 SE, armed with pistols and sub-machine-guns. Fearing another of the frequent political kidnap attempts, Mr Daou accelerated. The car was peppered with bullets and Mr Daou died in an east Beirut hospital after a bullet struck him in the back. “All our windows were closed. It sounded like hail. I saw Souhair’s head fall sideways and let out a sigh. I saw no blood and did not even imagine a bullet had hit him,” Mr Eitel said.
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