mckay: this is happening now, if you can possibly believe that. the terrorists are saying theyey ll blow up p the schoo, killing all the children inside. the german police haveve been wawaging a relelentless wawr against the terrorists, capturing some, killing some. man: the british army are the terrorists. francis: no one, even the most powerful, has immunity from these urban guerillas. brinkley: there are 298 people held hostage. those people, they have good ideals, they re just going about them the wrong way. we are ready to go on until martyrdom. mckay: the communiqué ended with the appeal,l, revolutionaries of the world, unite. [ indiststinct shoututing ] [ sirens wail ] terrorist attacks, especially where hostages are taken, have become increasingly common. there have been bombings, shootings, and strikes in northern ireland. arab guerillas fired at an israeli school bus near the lebanese border. the 1970s saw the development of the terrorist repertoire. cronkikite:
the terrorists riddled the cars carrying schleyer and his police bodyguards with machine gun fire. the bodyguards were killed. this is the third terrorist incident in germany in the past six months. all involve death, and all involve the bader-meinhof gang. the bader-meinhof group or red army faction in west germany was part of a 1970s trend of marxist vanguard groups. the red brigade in the japanese red army, the weathermen in the united states. these were people who felt that the capitalistic structures were unjust and needed to be destroyed and that the only effective way of doing that was through violence. the german police have been waging a relentless war against the terrorists, capturing some, killing some. but the leaders of the group have often had more influence from inside prison than outside. authorities claim this man, andreas bader, continued to mastermind terrorist operations from inside prison, passing instructions through his attorneys.