BOMBS EXPLODE IN JERUSALEM RAILWAY STATION
London, Oct. 30. Three bombs exploded in the Jerusalem railway station to-day and a British United Press correspondent says that at least 12 people are missing. Two bombs were also exploded near the detention barracks in Jerusalem. The entire railway station was damaged and will be unusuable for trains for a week. The explosions occurred 40 minutes after a telephone warning. An Associated Press correspondent says that two taxi loads of Jewish youths, armed with tommyguns, succeeded In entering the central station and planting the bombs. The three bombs exploded about an hour after the terrorists forced their entry. The bombs shook the station at about 15 second intervals.
The police said that one of the casualties is believed to be an Arab civilian who grabbed the terrorists when they alighted from the taxis.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 1 November 1946, Page 5
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