Word: antiterrorist
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...capture of Knoll and Speitel was the latest in a month-long string of triumphs for West German antiterrorist forces. After more than a year of intensive man hunting, they are closing in on the country's elusive urban guerrillas. Of the 25 most wanted terrorists, twelve have now been apprehended or slain. Among the other coups...
This recent police performance is a welcome contrast to the occasional bungling previously displayed by terrorist hunters. In September a Bundestag committee disclosed that antiterrorist police had allowed Stoll and the other RAF suspects, Adelheid Schulz and Christian Klar, to get away after keeping them under close surveillance for two weeks. The cops had even photographed the trio boarding a rented helicopter to make aerial reconnaissance surveys of the homes of potential victims. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt ordered a shake-up of the antiterrorist force...
West Germany has also stiffened its antiterrorist laws, stepped up its collaboration with police in other countries and developed new investigative techniques. Perhaps the most important factors in the captures have been tips supplied by citizens who have recognized the fugitives and alerted the police...
...team of antiterrorist specialists, equipped with submachine guns and bulletproof vests, broke open the door of apartment No. 2 and seized a stocky man clad in a pair of shorts who surrendered readily: "Yes, I am Corrado Alunni and I regard myself as a political prisoner...
...making an immediate swoop. Instead, police in disguise kept him under constant surveillance. This classic counterespionage maneuver paid off. Just six hours after Alunni's capture, police picked up one more suspected Red Brigades terrorist in what promises to be a roundup. Said a jubilant officer of the antiterrorist squad: ''Finally, the Moro murder investigation is going bellissimo...