German court has sentenced a suspected former terrorist to nine years in prison

A German court has sentenced a suspected former terrorist to nine years in prison for her part in the failed 1988 bombing of a Spanish disco frequented by U. S. service-men. The court found Andrea Klump guilty of attempted murder, hostage-taking and blackmail for the attempted attack on the disco in the Spanish city of Rota. Klump admitted her involvement in the bombing but denied she was a member of the ultra-left Red Army Faction terrorist group. She also denied that the now defunct group was behind the attack. Authorities arrested Klump in 1999 after a shootout with police in Vienna. She was accompanied by Red Army Faction member Horst Ludwig Meyer, who was killed in the incident