CAIRO BOMB TERROR
TWO MORE ATTEMPTS TO MURDER BRITISH SOLDIERS. A fond" belief that the arrest of the alleged conspirators now being tried by a British military court at Cairo* and the information given by a witness who turned King's evidence, had led to a cessation of outrages against Britieh soldiers, was sensationally dispelled when two more bombs were hurled at troops. Both exploded, but by a happy chance both failed to do anything more than cause severe shocks to the intended victims. The first outrage was cunningly planned. The bomb was placed behind several British soldiers in a tram in a well-lit native suburb. The soldiers, however, heard the fuse burning and jumped out of danger. The bomb then exploded, but beyond wrecking a portion of the woodwork of the tram did little damage. Half an hour later another bomb was aimed at three British soldiers near Cairo station. It exploded with a terrific bang, but the soldiers escaped injury. Such outrages put a new complexion on the situation in Cairo, as the absence of outrages for several weeks had given a sense of security, which is now proved to be false.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11583, 28 July 1923, Page 13
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193CAIRO BOMB TERROR New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11583, 28 July 1923, Page 13
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