During Romero's funeral ceremony smoke bombs exploded on the streets near the cathedral and subsequently there were rifle shots that came from surrounding buildings. Many people were killed by gunfire and in the stampede of people running away from the explosions and gunfire; official sources reported 31 overall casualties while journalists recorded that between 30 and 50 died. (24 March 1980)
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Thursday 22nd of September 1977 (x) — Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Knut Folkerts is arrested. Folkerts fatally shot 46-year-old Dutch policeman Arie Kranenburg and seriously wounded a second officer in a shootout. Elisabeth von Dyck, originally mistaken for Brigitte Mohnhaupt, managed to escape.