Police seize 10 tons of
homemade explosives
and one man dies in the
shootout. _
By Sue Leeman
Associated Press
LONDON — Police arrested five
men and seized up to 10 tons of ex
plosives in dawn raids Monday that
they said foiled a major IRA bomb at
tack. A sixth man died in a shootout
with police.
The raids on buildings in London
and southern England “undoubtedly
frustrated a serious imminent IRA ter
rorist attack on the British mainland”
involving a bomb like the one that
injured 200 people in Manchester on
June 16, a police statement said.
David Veness, assistant commis
sioner of London’s Metropolitan Po
lice, said a fresh attack could have
come as early as today.
Up to 10 tons of homemade explo
sives found in a raid pa an industrial
depot in north London was nearly
ready for use, Yeoess tpld Tepbfters.
The explosives were thought to be
made from agricultural products —
probably fertilizer.
Veness said the IRA's intended tar
gets were unclear, but the outlawed
group wanted to cause “grave loss of
life, economic impact and massive
damage.”
The IRA has waged a limited
bombing campaign in England since
it broke a 17-month cease-fire with a
two
Police said one suspect was seri
ously wounded in a dawn shootout at
a house in the suburb of Hammersmith
in west London, and died later in a
hospital.
Other raids took place in southwest
London and Sussex, a county south of
the British capital. Forensic teams
were searching all the properties.
Veness said other items mi
Monday's haul included two pounds]
of Semtex explosive, three]
Kalashnikov rifles, two handguns, an i
array ofbomb-making equipment, two ]
trucks and other vehicles.
Prime Minister John Major said ]
the operation undermined professions i
by the IRA-allied Sinn Fein party that ]
it is committed to peace.
“It remains impossible to reconcile i
Sinn Fein’s rhetoric for peace with die ]
IRA’s preparations far fburddr,’’ Ma- i
jorsaid.
Sinn Fein is barred from talks on
the future of Northern Ireland because
of its links with the Irish Republican
Army, which is fighting to end Brit
ish rule in the province.
Recent news reports have specu
lated that the IRA, which blamed Brit
ish intransigence for the collapse of
its truce, may be preparing to declare,
a new cease-fire.
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said
he presumed the arrested men were
IRA, “but let’s wait until that becomes
clear.” He sent condolences to the dead
man’s family.
Residents in Hammersmith's tree-•
lined Glenthome Road reportedbear
ing several shots and shouting early
Monday, followed by police sirens.
One, Gulapshan Alia, said she later
saw police lead away a blond, bespec
tacled man in his early 30s, wearing a
white dressing gown.
Armed police wearing flak jackets
sealed off one of the street’s row
houses. The lobbyand front steps of
ixsewere spattered with blood.
In Belfast, former U.S. Rep. Bruce
Morrison, who helped broker the
IRA’s lost cease-fire, told BBC radio
that the raids were disturbing.
“Democratic politics is the right
response and approach and we have
to bring these (IRA) people to their
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senses,” said Morrison, who is lead
ingai four-man peace mission by Irish
to Northern Ireland. They
Wre’to meet today with Sir Patrick
Mayhew, Britain’s top official in the
province.
The Rev. Ian Paisley, leader of the
Democratic Unionists, Northern
Ireland’s largest Protestant party, said
the find “confirms that... there is no
will on the part of the IRA to give up
their killing and shooting.”
Officials claim submarine made routine mission
KANGNUNG, South Korea (AP)
— North Korea demanded the return
of a submarine grounded off the coast
of South Korea, claiming today that
the craft drifted into enemy waters
because of engine trouble on a rou
tine training mission.
It was the North’s first comment
on the abandoned submarine, the dis
covery of which last week has esca
lated hostilities between the two sides
and further thrown into question the
possibility of easing tensions on the
Korean peninsula.
North Korea also demanded the
return of the submarine’s crew — in
cluding the bodies of the men killed
since abandoning the craft on Wednes
day.
Despite the North’s statement,
South Korean soldiers continued their
massive manhunt for a sixth day, with
some40,000 soldiers tracking the five
North Koreans believed to still be hid
ing in the wilderness.
In comments carried by North
Korea’s Central News Agency, an uni
dentified military spokesman for the
North said the submarine carried no
heavy weapons when it left the east
ern port of Wonsan on Sept. 13 on a
training mission.
“It seemed that its crew were left
with no other choice but to get to the
enemy side's land,” he said.
So far, 20 North Koreans from the
submarine have died or have been
killed; intelligence officials say North
Korean commandos murdered 11 of
their own men to aid their escape. The
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We now can have the first real insight
into North Korea’s defense technology.”
anonymous South Korean navy officer
clear case of armed instigation, and it
cannot be tolerated,” the legislature
said in a resolution.
U.S. and South Korean experts to
day began analyzing the North Korean
rest have been lolled by South Korean
soldiers. Only one has been captured
alive.
One of two North Koreans killed
over the weekend was identified by the
Defense Ministry as Lt. Col. Jung
Yong Ku, 42, the captain of the sub
marine.
Soldiers scouring the mountains
accidentally shot a South Korean ci
vilian Sunday, the defense ministry
said. Three South Korean soldiers also
have been killed and three others
wounded during the manhunt.
South Korea’s National Assembly
voted unanimously Monday to con
demn the North’s foray on its shores.
“The infiltration of armed soldiers
is not a matter of ample spying but a
craft for further insights into the mili
tary operations of the reclusive com
munist nation.
“It’s an invaluable military bo
nanza,” one South Korean navy officer
said, speaking on condition of ano
nymity. “We now can have the first
real insight into North Korea’s defense
technology.”
The North Korean submarine is
the first to fall into the South’s hands.
The Defense Ministry described it last
week as a 112-foot-long, 325-ton
Sang-o class ship, made in North Ko
rea from a Yugoslav design.
North Korea is the world’s fifth
most heavily armed country, with an
estimated 1.2 million troops. It is
known to make missiles and other so
phisticated weapons.
Despite poverty in the Nath and
floods that have contributed to a fam
ine, North Korea reportedly spends a
quarter of its gross national producl
on its military. Seoul officials say thal
missile and submarine development
receives much of the budget. ,
The two Koreas have been arch
rivals since their 1950-53 Korean War
They are still technically at war, hay
ing signed only an armistice to enc
the fighting. : r .
More than 300 North Korean at
tempts to infiltrate agents into Soutl
Korea have been reported since 1970
though the submarine’s incursion i;
by far the most serious in recent years
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ross
Perot filed a federal lawsuit today
seeking a court order barring presi
dential debates from going forward
without him. He argued that locking
him out “will only deepen the nation’s
cynicism about government”
Reform Party nominee Perot and
running mate Pat Choate filed the law
suit in U.S. District Court.
“We are going to fight this all the
way to the end,” said one of Perot’s
lawyers, Jamin Raskin, a professor of
constitutional law at American Uni
versity.
. The lawsuit contends that the bi
partisan Commission on Presidential
Debates violated its own rules in bar
ring Perot from scheduled presiden
tial debates and Choate from partici
pating in one vice presidential debate.
Those rules require that the com
mission use objective standards for
recommending who participates.
Perot’s camp contends the commission
used a mostly subjective standard of
including only those candidates with
a “realistic chance” of winning.
Democratic President Clinton had
urged that Perot be included in the
debates. Republican challenger Bob
Dole, saying he wanted to face Clinton
one-on-one, had pushed for Perot’s
exc .
who received 19 percent of
the vote in 1992 as an independent
candidate, said he was in the race to
win —but seemed to cast doubts on
his prospects by setting a goal of draw
ing 25 percent of the vote.
His national coordinator Russell
Veroey said Monday that Perot still
has a strategy to win.
Although Perot is only polling in
the single digits now, Vemey said that
had been true at the time of the 1992
debates as well.
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ROBBERY
Two Lincoln men followed an
address to what they thought was
going to be a party Saturday morn
ing, but instead found two other
men waiting to rob them.
Nicholas Tellier was cruising
with a friend near 32nd and P
streets after 3 a jn. Saturday when
he was invited to & nearby party,
Lincoln police Sgt. Tferiry Sherrill
said.
At 4 am, he parked his car in
front of the house where the party
was supposed to be. Two men ap
proached Tellier and a friend and
(me allegedly dragged Tellier out
of his car and onto the street,
Sherrill said.
The two suspects took Tellier’s
stereo console and speakers, cas
sette tapes and personal items—a
$535 loss, Sherrill said. The sus
pects put the items in a car and
drove away, he said.
Police later found the suspects
based on Tellier’s description of the
car, Sherrill said. - >
Kenneth Mbah, 20, and Sergio
King, 16, were arrested few armed
robbery, and the stolen items were
returned to Tellier, Sherrill said.
ASSAULT
An infuriated man entered a
home in north Lincoln and attacked
a 30-year-old woman with a tire
iron Saturday morning.
Kinda Stabler was visiting rela
tives at their home oh the 1300
block of north 27th Street, Sherrill
said.
At 9:52 a.m., Geneo Johnson
burst into the house wielding a tire
iron and swearing at Stabler,
Sherrill said.
He allegedly hit her twice in the
face and in the leg, Sherrill said.
He then kicked her in the ankle
before leaving.
Stabler lost two teeth and suf
fered minor injuries, Sherrill said.
She told police she knew
Johnson, 31, through her relatives.
Police do not know the nature of
the fight.
Police later located Johnson and
arrested him for second-degree as
sault.
BURGLARY
: Burglars who broke into an
Amoco Service Station Saturday
couldn’t open the safe, so appar
ently targeted the next best thing.
Two packages of white pow
dered Gem doughnuts were the
only loss after burglars broke in
through a glass door at 3177 South
St., Sherrill said.
Police saw the broken glass at
1:15 a.m. Sunday and saw that bur
glars had tried to open the station’s
safe, Sherrill said.
Police dogs attempted to track
the scent, which ended a block
away at Leon’s Food Mart.
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