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Friday, May 28, 1999 | return to: international
Berlin nixed help before Kurd attack on consulate
by BERLIN (JTA) -- Berlin's police chief refused offers from the German Interior Ministry to reinforce security around the Israeli, This refusal indicates that the attack, during which four Kurdish demonstrators were killed and several others injured, could ha
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According to the transcript, he replied: "Yes, yes, yes. We have to protect all the world."
Berlin's Interior Minister then told the chief that the federal Interior Ministry had offered to supply agents, but the chief declined the offer, saying it wasn't necessary.
Three police officers guarded the Israeli Consulate on the day of the attack, while hundreds of officers guarded the other six missions.
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