BOMBS AT HAIFA
MARKET-PLACE A SHAMBLES
MANY ARAB CASUALTIES
[BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.]
HAIFA, June 19
As a result of the simultaneous explosion of two bombs in the marketplace, AS Arabs were killed, and 24 injured. Crowds rushing to the scene discovered the market-place a shambles. Broken and torn bodies, were hurled considerable distances. Sleepers nearby were thrown from their beds. A Jew in a nearby street was stabbed to death a few minutes later. Troops placed a cordon round the area, closed shops throughout the city, and brought to a standstill all traffic.
A third bomb in a Jewish suburb later put out. of action half the- city’s telephones.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 June 1939, Page 7
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