Banker Alfred Herrhausen fell victim to a terrorist bomb shortly after leaving his home in Bad Homburg on the November 30, 1989. He was being chauffeured to work in his armoured Mercedes, with bodyguards in both a lead vehicle and another following behind. At the time of his death Herrhausen was Chairman of the Deutsche Bank (Bank of Germany) board. He had been with Deutsche Bank since 1969. From 1971 onwards he was a member of the bank's board of directors. Look up terrorist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Jump to: navigation, search Massive ordinance air-burst bomb. ... Bad Homburg is the capital city of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hessen, Germany, on the southern slope of the Taunus, bordering among others Frankfurt and Oberursel. ... Jump to: navigation, search November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word Mercedes can refer to a number of things: A brand of automobiles and trucks: Mercedes-Benz, brand of automobiles and trucks from the German automobile manufacturer DaimlerChrysler A number of places: Mercedes, Buenos Aires province, Argentina Mercedes, Eastern Samar, Philippines Mercedes, Texas, United States Mercedes, Soriano department, Uruguay... A bodyguard is a person who protects someone from personal assault, kidnapping, assassination, loss of confidential information, or other threats. ... Deutsche Bank AG NYSE: DB (German for German Bank) is a multinational bank operating worldwide and employing almost 70,000 people (2004). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...

The bomb had been hidden in school bag on a bicycle next to the road that the terrorists knew Herrhausen would be traveling in his three-car convoy. In the bag was a 20 kilo bomb that was detonated when Herrhausen's car interrupted a beam of light as it passed the bicycle. The bomb and its triggering mechanism were quite sophisticated. 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. Jump to: navigation, search Armor plating is armor installed on a vehicle. ...

Nobody has ever been charged with the murder. Some months before his violent death he is reported to have advocated third world debt cancellation and reorganisation of the world's financial system at the World Bank meeting in Washington. In his position as the chairman of one of the most powerful banks in the world his insistence would have been influencial. During the extremly sensitive transition from common ownership of production means into private hands during the german reunification also Detlef Rohwedder was murdered.