Bombs in Holy City

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33804, 29 March 1975, Page 15

Bombs in Holy City

Z. Press Assn—Copyright > JERUSALEM, March 28.

Two bombs exploded

in the Jewish sector of Jerusalem today as ! thousands of Easter pil-; Igrims walked to the, ;Tomb of Christ on the other side of the Holy; CityThe police said four passengers were wounded when a home-made timebomb exploded on a bus. Five minutes later a second bomb went off outside a shoe store ion Jaffa Road, Jerusalem's 'main shopping street, causing [no damage or injuries. Policemen immediately rounded up about 10 Arab suspects for questioning. The bombs, both hidden in shopping baskets, were the first in Jerusalem since a terrorist explosion wounded two people during Dr Kissinger’s unsuccessful peace talks in the city.

'fere with Good Friday Easter , ceremonies inside the walls of east Jerusalem, where worshippers from around the world traced the last footsteps of Christ, some carrying heavy crosses through the winding alleyways. Middle East uncertainty land world economic probI iems have kept down the (number of Christian pilgrims from the United States and I Western Europe. But since, (Easter coincides this year! I with the Jewish Passover,! (there are many visitors ini the arched bazaars of the, (old city. In Rome. Pope Paul wash-: ed and kissed the feet of 121 children of different nat-j i ona 1 i t i e s , re-enacting, Christ’s homage to his! aposties on the eve of his: crucifixion.

The ceremony took place in St Peter’s Basilica before a crowd of of 10,000. many of I them pilgrims who came for the Holy Year celebrations. After the .Palm Sunday mass he celebrated in the open air in St Peter’s Basilica last week-end, this was the second major ceremony performed by the 77-year-old Pope during his packed Eas-( ter scherule.

Today he is scheduled to perform the most arduous task of his Easter pro-1 gramme, a way-of-the-cross' procession