German cop thwarts possible breach of base

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German cop thwarts possible breach of base
By Kevin Dougherty, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Sunday, February 24, 2008

German and NATO authorities are searching for at least two men suspected of assaulting a local policeman who caught them lurking outside the Geilenkirchen Air Base fence.

Investigators later found the fence had been breached, according to U.S. and German authorities. The incident occurred at about 8:35 p.m. on Feb. 15.

The men “might have been trying to gain access to the base,” said U.S. Air Force Capt. Rich Komurek, a base spokesman. “The fence had been cut.”

However, authorities aren’t sure if the fence was damaged before the incident.

That’s something investigators are looking into, according to Komurek and Karl-Heinz Frenken, a police spokesman for the Heinsberg District, which includes the town of Geilenkirchen.


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