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Assassination of Irwin Beelitz

Germany · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1972Date range
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Chronological records

1972

Irwin Beelitz2 February 1972

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

A bomb explodes in West Berlins British Yacht Club, killing an elderly German boatbuilder, Irwin Beelitz, Movement 2 June claims responsibility, indicating that the attack was in support of the Irish Republican Army

Names involved

Irwin Beelitz

Provenance

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