PREMIER OF PORTUGAL.
ATTEMPTED ASBASSINATION. ARREST OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE. ALLEGED QONFESSION MADE. United Pres* Assn.—Elec. TeL Copyright (Received August 23, 3.15 p.m.) LISBON, August 22. The police announce that the persons responsible for the attempt on the life of Dr. Antonio Salazar on July 4 have been arrested, and have confessed. Their names have been disclosed. On July 4, a bomb was placed in an electric cable tunnel with the intention of assassinating the Prime Minister of Portugal, Dr. Antonio Salazar, when he was going to attend Mass. The bomb exploded as he left his motor-car outside the private chapel, tearing a 12ft. hole in the tunnel and damaging the frontage of houses. Ur. Salazar was not hurt and smilingly entered the chapel.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20279, 23 August 1937, Page 8
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123PREMIER OF PORTUGAL. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20279, 23 August 1937, Page 8
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