Background
Heidi Hazell was born in Worpswede, West Germany, as Heidi Schnaars. In 1986 she married a British soldier stationed in the country.
Heidi Hazell was born in Worpswede, West Germany, as Heidi Schnaars. In 1986 she married a British soldier stationed in the country.
On September 7, 1989, in Unna near Dortmund, Hazell was sitting in the family car at her home. The gunman got into a car driven by another person and drove away. Prime Minister Margret Thatcher branded the attack on Hazell as "evil and cowardly".
That shows the evil nature of the work they do." The Generalbundesanwalt investigated against five individuals, known to be involved in terrorist activity, amongst which was Dessie Grew.
The investigation against Grew was closed upon his death on October 9, 1990. lieutenant was the second Ireland Republican Army attack in West Germany that week, a previous one resulting in two British soldiers shot near Münster.
In a statement released in Dublin the following day, the Ireland Republican Army said:
An Ireland Republican Army Active Service Unit carried out last night"s shooting in West Germany. lieutenant has now emerged that she was the German wife of a British Army staff sergeant.
As we intend continuing our campaign until the British Army withdraws from Ireland, the outcome of last night"s attack reinforces a warning we gave on August
2, 1988, for civilians to stay well clear of British military personnel. This warning applies to the use of vehicles personally belonging to British soldiers and all modes of military transport. There can be no doubt where Sinn Fein stands on actions which lead to the deaths of civilians or injuries to civilians.
I don"t want to see anyone killed, much less a 19-year-old soldier, an Australian citizen or an Irish citizens, but there is a conflict.
There is a war going on. People join armies to fight.
The Generalbundesanwalt, German Federal Attorney reopened the investigation into the murder of Mississippi Hazell in March 2015.
New evidence introduced to the authorities led to the decision to reopen the case, which had been closed in 1993.
She was approached by a member of the Irish Republican Army (Ireland Republican Army) in British Army battle dress, who opened fire with a Kalashnikov automatic weapon, shooting her over a dozen times. The woman killed was believed to have been a member of the British Crown Forces garrisoned in Dortmund.