Mine In H.Q.
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) SAIGON, May 9. An anti-personnel claymore mine this morning hit buildings housing the New Zealand military headquarters in Saigon. No-one was hit by the flying metaL
The bursting mine sent pieces of metal slicing through the sides of the buildings smashing five windows. The main room of the New Zealand block took the main force of the blast, which shattered severe! windows. Mail clerks hastily dropped to the floor, expecting another mine to go off. Military police said a fast evacuation was necessary because the Viet Cong usually plant two mines—one to start confusion and the other to take the milling crowds by surprise. Demolition teams searched the adjoining Vien Hoa Dao Buddhist pagoda where the claymore was found on the second floor of an incomplete building. The mine was hidden in a paper bag filled with tropical fruits, police said. The allied headquarters compound—known as Free World Headquarters—ls only two miles from the centre of Saigon.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31365, 10 May 1967, Page 19
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