Karl Heinz Beckurts

Karl Heinz Beckurts (born 16 May 1930 in Rheydt; murdered[1] 9 July 1986 in Straßlach near Munich) was a German physicist and research manager.

With Karl Wirtz, he wrote a textbook on neutron physics.[2] He was co-editor of the journal Nukleonik.

Along with his driver, Eckhard Groppler, Beckurts was murdered by a roadside bomb at 7:32 AM on 9 July 1986 in Straßlach, a village near Munich. The bomb used an electronic triggering device. The Red Army Faction claimed responsibility under the name "Kommando Mara Cagol" but the identity of the perpetrators is still unknown.[3] The Bundeskriminalamt named Horst Ludwig Meyer as the only suspect for the bombing; Meyer was fatally shot in 1999 by the police in Vienna.[4]

  1. ^ Ein Verbrechen von tödlicher Präzision von Ulrich Lechleitner in Die Welt vom 9. Juli 2001
  2. ^ K. H. Beckurts and K. Wirtz, Neutron Physics. Springer: Berlin 1964 catalogue entry Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Der lange Winter der RAF" in Süddeutsche Zeitung, 23 April 2007
  4. ^ Wie entdeckt man gute Forscher?, Interview with Ina Beckurts. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 6 December 2007