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Germany: shooting cover-up?

01 September 1993

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The German Interior and Justice Ministers have presented a 142- page report to a parliamentary committee on the shooting of Wolgang Grams, an alleged terrorist, by member of the GSG-9 anti- terrorist squad. The report acknowledges 17 mistakes were made in the operation and confirmed that Grams had been fatally shot at point-blank range. Two witnesses - a woman working in a newspaper kiosk and a member of the GSG-9 unit - have spoken of Grams being "executed" by member of the unit. GSG-9 officially deny one of its members shot Grams, possibly using Grams' own gun. They prefer to suggest that Grams shot himself although there is no evidence to support this. The magazine Der Speigel has commented that suicide now seems "very doubtful".

Independent 19.8.93.

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