Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 May 1993

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

The 7 kg bomb was hidden in a bag on a bicycle parked next to the road that the assassins knew Herrhausen would be traveling in his three-car convoy. The bomb was detonated when Herrhausen's car interrupted a beam of infrared light as it passed the bicycle. The bomb targeted the most vulnerable area of Herrhausen's car – the door where he was sitting – and required split-second timing to overcome the car's special armour plating.
(30 November 1989)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 15th of May 1993 33 years, 3 months and 15 days ago
Mass murderer Érick Schmitt aka Human Bomb is shot dead by a special 'Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion' police commando at the age of 42 in , . Schmitt had been keeping a class of young children hostage for 46 hours, dynamite wired around his body.