The World - News from Aug. 23, 1988

Families of two teen-agers slain during last week’s two-day bank robbery and hostage drama in West Germany have filed charges of criminal negligence against police, lawyers said in Bremen. Lawyers Bernd Rosenkranz and Gerold Bischoff said they filed charges on behalf of the families of hostages Emanuele di Giorgi, 15, and Silke Bischoff, 18. Silke was Gerold Bischoff’s niece. The police were accused of provoking the gunmen by detaining a female accomplice during the incident, which began Aug. 8 with a bank robbery. They were also accused of missing several opportunities of ending the hostage drama. The gunmen were subsequently captured.