ITALIAN BOMBING
KING VICTOR’S ESCAPE 14 KILLED: 40 INJURED PLOT AGAINST MUSSOLINI (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.l (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) (Received April 13, 10 a.m.) ROME, April 12. Fourteen persons were killed and 40 injured in a. bomb explosion on the occasion of King Victor Emmanuel’s visit to Milan. The bomb was placed at the foot of a lamp post in the Piazza Giulio Cesara, and exploded terrifically just before King Victor arrived.
He only reached Milan in the morning to open the famous Fair. Despite the outrage lie proceeded to carry out the official ceremony,, afterwards driving to the grounds and visiting the more important pavilions. Other items of the day’s programme, with the exception of a gala performance at La Sonia Theatre, proceeded unchanged. The police are actively searching for the culprits. King Victor later visited the Hospital and spoke to those injured in the explosion. The Piazza Giulio Cesare is a large square near the entrance to the Fair. A squad of Rome detectives have gone to Milan, whose Mayor offers £looo' for information as to the perpetrators of the outrage.
Advices from Como state that a powerful bomb was discovered on the railway line over which Mussolini was due to pass on his return to Rome. It had a thread attached, and the other end was held by a man hiding near the track, who was arrested.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16622, 13 April 1928, Page 7
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