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West German Embassy siege
The West German Embassy siege in Stockholm, Sweden, was a hostage standoff initiated by the Red Army Faction (RAF) on 24 April 1975. Collectively, the attackers referred to themselves as Kommando Holger Meins, after Holger Meins, an RAF member who had died of starvation during a (collective) hunger strike in Wittlich Prison on 9 November 1974.
The RAF group carried out the attack with the goal of forcing the release of RAF members and others from prison in West Germany. During the
- Mako Georgiadou (EIRT)
- - Dóra Hafsteinsdóttir (Sjónvarpið)
Notable incidents.
Intelligence reports at the time pointed out the festival as a possible target for a terrorist attack by the Red Army Faction which forced the organizers to tighten security considerably. The attack struck the West German embassy in Stockholm instead about a month later (see "West German embassy siege").
The Swedish left movement protested against the contest and its commercial aspect. At first the criticism was directed towards SR for the huge amount