Ebke charged with terrorist activities

YELLOWKNIFE - German authorities have formally charged a former resident of Yellowknife with taking part in terrorist activities in that country in the 1980s.

Lothar Ebke, a Yellowknife businessman, was extradited to Germany in October. He'd been living in Yellowknife since 1996.

A statement issued by German prosecutors says Ebke is suspected of being involved in two separating shooting incidents in 1986 and 1987.

One of the victims was a court judge, the other a senior immigration official. Both victims survived.

It's also alleged Ebke was involved with a bombing.

No trial has been set.