ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, December 30, 1995 TAG: 9601020043
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-3 EDITION: METRO
At least 145 died enforcing law in '95
WASHINGTON - At least 145 law officers died in the line of duty this year in the United States, including 13 in the Oklahoma City bombing of a federal building, a police group said Friday.
The National Association of Chiefs of Police said the total is preliminary and is expected to exceed the 169 officers killed in 1994. At this time last year, the group's preliminary count was 137 officers killed.
This year's total includes 64 who were fatally shot and 50 who died in traffic accidents.
The worst year since the group began keeping count in 1960 was 1974 when 206 officers lost their lives.
- Associated Press
Newspapers link suspect to bombing
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A man held in a maximum-security Dutch prison is fighting extradition to the United States, and newspapers reported today he is linked to Oklahoma City bombing suspects Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols.
The Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf said a man identified only as Daniel S. is suspected of supplying weapons to those responsible for the bombing.
U.S. Justice Department spokesman Carl Stern said the man being held in the Netherlands, whom he identified as Daniel Spiegelman, was wanted in connection with the theft of some rare manuscripts from Columbia University.
Stern said the suspect is a convicted felon who was being extradited to face federal charges of illegal weapons possession - but that the charges were unrelated to the Oklahoma City bombing.
- Associated Press
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