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Friday, April 16,1993 The Battalion Page 9
Russian coup conspirators face
treason charges, possible death
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOSCOW — The men accused
of masterminding the August
1991 coup failed to halt their trial
on its first day Wednesday, argu
ing unsuccessfully that they could
not be tried for treason against a
country that no longer exists.
The day was marked by drama
and confrontation, as one of the
defendants rushed from the court
room with chest pains and pro-
Communist demonstrators scuf
fled with Russian journalists.
Three black-robed judges in
high-backed wooden chairs
presided over the trial in the mili
tary branch of Russia's Supreme
Court.
The families of three young
Moscow men who were killed in a
clash with Soviet armored vehi
cles during the coup huddled to
gether on one side of the court
room.
“We are sitting here in the in
visible presence of our children,"
Raisa Krichevskaya told reporters.
The 12 die-hard Communists
are accused of taking Mikhail
Gorbachev prisoner and seizing
power from Aug. 18-21, 1991, in
the failed putsch that accelerated
the Soviet Union's collapse.
If they are found guilty, they
could get the death penalty.
Some of defendants left the
heavily-guarded courthouse dur
ing a break and addressed about
200 supporters outside.
Police barricades held back the
demonstrators, who waved signs
calling the defendants “patriots"
and denouncing the judges as
“traitors and werewolves."
More than 120 witnesses are
scheduled to testify at the trial, in
cluding Gorbachev.
Russian President Boris
Yeltsin has not been summoned.
The trial began with the formal
reading of treason charges and a
roll call of the defendants.
Each stood in turn to give his
name and former position.
They called each other “com
rade" and immediately sought to
derail the trial.
“These men were the leaders of
the Soviet Union but. . . the union
no longer exists," said Genrikh
Pavda, attorney for former Soviet
parliament leader Anatoly
Lukyanov. “It seems to me that
we have today to decide who can
judge an alleged crime against a
state that may no longer exist," he
said.
The defendants also contended
that the three judges should be re
placed by a civilian jury because
their commander is expected to be
a prosecution witness.
A military court is hearing the
trial because several defendants
are former generals.
All the defendants were re
leased from jail over the past year
to prepare for the trial.
Most have used their freedom
to re-enter politics: Marching in
pro-Communist rallies, denounc
ing Yeltsin's economic reforms
and calling for the resurrection of
the Soviet Union.
The defendants lost the first
round Wednesday when the
judges ruled that the court has ju
risdiction over crimes committed
on Russian territory before the So
viet collapse.
Car bomb
rips apart
Bogota mall,
kills seven
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOGOTA, Colombia - A
car bomb exploded Thursday
at a crowded shopping mail,
killing at least seven people,
injuring more than 100 people
and heavily damaging about
30 businesses.
There was no claim of re
sponsibility for the blast, the
latest in a wave of car bomb
ings that have rocked Bogota
and other Colombian cities
this year.
Police have blamed the
fugitive head of the Medellin
cocaine cartel, Pablo Escobar,
for 10 previous car bombings
this year. Fifty people died
and more than 600 were
wounded in the previous ex
plosions.
Police said at least seven
people were killed in Thurs
day's blast at the Centro 93
shopping center, five miles
north of downtown Bogota.
But some officers at the scene
said as many as eight died.
Hospitals were treating at
least 113 people.
A woman, crying and her
face smeared with ashes, dug
through the debris on her
hands and knees, searching
for her 5-year-old daughter
who disappeared in the blast.
Two hours later, parts of the
girl's body were found scat
tered over a 20-foot area.
About 30 businesses in the
mall, including shops, restau
rants and banks, were heavily
damaged. Pools of blood lay
in stores and on sidewalks.
About two dozen vehicles
were set afire or ripped apart
by the explosion.
The blast blew out all the
windows in the three-story
shopping center and in a 10-
story building next door.
South Africa urges end to nationwide violence
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRETORIA, South Africa— The government
threatened a security crackdown and urged swifter
progress toward ending apartheid Thursday after
nationwide violence during memorials for slain
black leader Chris Hani.
Senior government ministers said multiparty talks
on sharing power with the black majority must pro
ceed as quickly as possible.
But they said further unrest would not be tolerat
ed.
"The current wave of violence . . . should immedi
ately come to a stop," said Constitutional Affairs
Minister Roelf Meyer. "Violence can make no contri
bution to the achievement of solutions."
Government officials said extra troops would be
deployed and police would be given expandeef pow
ers of detention in areas hit by violent protests
Wednesday. At least seven people died and hun
dreds were wounded, many by police gunfire.
Further violence is feared during weekend
protests and at Hani's funeral in Johannesburg on
Monday.
The African National Congress condemned the
looting and violence, blaming it on "unruly ele
ments.
"No region had actually anticipated the massive
turnout and in many instances our preparations
were inadequate," said ANC spokesman Pallo Jor
dan.
Black and white leaders are struggling to prevent
anger over Hani's killing from derailing the talks to
end apartheid.
The talks have been suspended for a week while
the ANC copes with the killing of Hani, one of its
top leaders and head of the Communist Party. But
the government and the ANC have said they will
press ahead with the power-sharing negotiations.
Meyer urged all political parties to tackle the talks
with renewed zeal. -
"It is the government'^ serioiiS' intention that a
successful outcome to the negotiations should be
made as soon as possible," he said.
A white right-wing extremist has been charged
with killing Hani last Saturday in the driveway of
his suburban home.
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The Battalion
The following positions for
Summer and Fall 1993 are open:
Managing Editor
City Editor
Sports Editor
Lifestyles Editor
Opinion Editor
Photo Editor
News Editor
Copy Editor
Application forms available at the front desk in room 013
Reed McDonald Building. All majors encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 5 p.m. Monday, April 19
Applicants must be Texas A&M students in good standing
at the time of employment and remain in good standing
while employed.
For more information, contact Jason Loughman or Chris
Whitley at 845-3315.
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