Maddened Arabs Run Amok After Explosion
(N.Z.PX-
—Reuter.
Covvriaht )
Received Tuesday, 9.40 a.m. JERUSALEM, March 22. Seventeen Arabs are known to be dead and 50 injured as the result of an explosion in Iraq Street, Haifa,* today, which blew up the Arab quarter and shattered buildings in the vicinity. ' Following the explosion, maddened Arabs ran amok, attacked British armoured cars and tried to steal weapons. One British policeman was killed and another wounded when Arabs fired on the British police headquarters after the explosion, which was caused by a lorry packed with'explosive& blowing up in the crowded street near the- Arab market, in the harbour area.
The blast tore down a wholej block of Arab buildings and shookj the area for miles around. Arabs,' immediately after the explosion, j started mortaring the Jewish part of the town. Arab volunteers and British troops are tonight fighting the flames, which are sweeping the Arab area. The authorities cordoned off the area and armoured cars carrying paratroops and two-pounder guns were rushed to cover all exits following British armoured car radio reports that Arab violence was growing.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 March 1948, Page 5
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