BOMB EXPLOSION
SWISS POLICE INSPECTOR KILLED
(Received February 8, 10.25 a.m.)
LAUSANNE, February 7.
A German rushed into police headquarters with a package which had been delivered at his hotel and said "I think it's a bomb." While an antiespionage inspector was examining the package it exploded with a terrific detonation, killing the inspector and seriously injuring a police brigadier and the German, who is believed to have been marked down as a victim by an espionage gang.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1940, Page 11
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78BOMB EXPLOSION Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1940, Page 11
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