Bombs In Support Of Demonstrations
"Klasse gegen Klasse" Claims Responsibility For Recent Arson And Bomb Attacks
According to police reports, there were several attacks on Monday - a bomb exploded outside the home of a Free University law professor and three high-priced automobiles parked in the area went up in flames.
The group "Klasse gegen Klasse" [Class Against Class - KGK] has since claimed responsibility for these attacks. There was no danger to human life, according the group's communique. The nine-page text, which explained the motive and background to the actions, was entitled "The Sweet Dreams Of A Class Enemy And His Frightened Awakening".
The professor had come into the group's sights for evidently advocating an end to wage increases for workers. The action was linked to the Berlin Senate's present budget reduction proposals and the accompanying protest demonstrations against cuts in social spending. The fact that the automobiles, parked near to the area where the professor lived, all belonged to people involved in the construction industry seems to have been a coincidence, according to police.
The group "Klasse gegen Klasse" has claimed responsibility for a total of about 50 actions, although nothing had been heard from them in about a year. The group is believed to be based in Kreuzberg. Despite heavy investigations by police and the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution (LfV), the group remains a mystery. Since 1992, its mission has been to use various means to destroy property belogning to rich people, including fancy shops and bars.
In its annual report, the LfV has called "Klasse gegen Klasse" a "violent autonomist group with a revolutionary-Marxist outlook". The goal of its actions, according to the report, is to stir worry amongst a certain middle class believed to profit from neighborhood restructuring, as well as to promote neighborhood resistance, much like they have done in Kreuzberg.
(Source: Neues Deutschland, March 30, 1996)