- Title: WEST GERMANY: ANTI-ISRAEL DEMONSTRATORS STORM BONN NEWSPAPERS
- Date: 25th February 1970
- Summary: 1. LV STUDENTS DOWN NEWSPAPER BUILDING STEPS, ONE STOPPED BY POLICE 0.08 2. LV POLICE TALKING TO STUDENTS (2 SHOTS) 0.14 3. LV & GV STUDENTS OUT OF BUILDING 0.20 4. TV POLICE CHECKING STUDENTS 0.25 5. CU WRITING ON WALL 0.32 6. SV WRITING ON WALL "EL FATAH" 0.34 7. CU PICTURE OF DAYAN 0.35 8. LV POLICE CHASE AND ARRES
- Embargoed: 12th March 1970 13:00
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- Location: BONN, WEST GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Reuters ID: LVA5ADBMI53284WVU8QI64NCMTZX
- Story Text: SOME 40 YOUNG ANTI-ISRAELI DEMONSTRATORS -- INCLUDING A FEW ARAB STUDENTS -- STORMED THE OFFICES OF TWO BONN NEWSPAPERS YESTERDAY (TUESDAY), PROTESTING THAT THEY HAD ERRONEOUSLY REPORTED A STUDENT DEMONSTRATION THE PREVIOUS DAY.
THE FIRST RAID WAS MADE ON THE "GENERAL ANZEIGER" BUILDING -- WHERE THEY ENTERED THE EDITOR'S OFFICE AND PRINTING WORKS, SMASHED WINDOWS AND PAINTED ANTI-ISRAELI SLOGANS ON THE WALL, SUCH AS "EL FATAH" AND "ZIONISTS GET OUT".
LATER THEY WENT TO THE "BONNER RUNDSCHAU" -- WHERE THEY PAINTED SIMILAR PHRASES ON THE OUTSIDE WALLS.
THE DEMONSTRATION WERE THE RESULT OF A MEETING AT BONN UNIVERSITY OF MONDAY EVENING DURING WHICH THE STUDENTS OBJECTED TO THE PRO-ISRAELI LINE OF THE PAPERS. POLICE CHASED THE DEMONSTRATORS AND EIGHT WERE ARRESTED.
ISRAEL FOREIGN MINISTER ABBA EDAN IS AT PRESENT IN BONN ON AN OFFICIAL VISIT.
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