TRAINS ATTACKED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22280, 15 March 1947, Page 5

TRAINS ATTACKED

JEW TERRORISTS POLICE MAKE ARRESTS COMPATRIOTS' ASSISTANCE JERUSALEM, March 13. Unconfirmed reports say that terrorists attacked an oil train on the Petach-tikvah-Haifa line. They derailed half the train and continued the attack with incendiaries and machine-gun five while the other half ran downhill. The train did not catch fire. A second attack on the railway occurred near Jerusalem. Three heavy explosions were heard on the city's southern outskirts. Mine Placed on Track. A later message stales that terrorists blew up the second train with a mine placed on the sleepers. The train was derailed. It is reliably reported that one member of the train crew was killed and one soldier injured in this attack, which apparently caused Ihe explosions heard on Jerusalem’s outskirts. The Palestine Government has acknowledged that it has received assistance from Jews in arresting during the last fortnight 78 known terrorists. Most of Arrests in Tel Aviv A communique said: "Despite the refusal of Jewish official bodies to assist the security forces to combat gangsters, we received help from the Jewish community and as a result a number of criminals, including 15 members of the Stern gang, and 12 of the Irgun Zvai Leumi. Most of the arrests were ■in Tel Aviv. “More arrests are expected. Further public co-operation will greatly assist in restoring normal conditions.” Troops discovered an arms cache in a cellar in Mea Sherim. Martial law was imposed in the area. About „20 Jews have been detained.