- Title: TURKEY: BOMB BLAST DAMAGE TO ISRAELI AIRLINE OFFICE
- Date: 25th April 1970
- Summary: 1. GV PAN FROM STREET TO EL AL OFFICE AND DEBRIS 0.08 2. CU ZOOM OUT FROM DEBRIS IN DOORWAY TO MV 0.13 3. MV ZOOM IN TO SV SHATTERED FRONT WINDOW 0.18 4. MV OFFICIALS AND POLICE 0.21 5. CU BROKEN GLASS ZOOMING OUT TO WINDOW 0.30 6. MV POLICE AND OFFICIALS 0.35 7. CU SIGN "EL AL" 0.38 8. MV OFFICIAL SEARCHES FOR CLUES TO EXPLOSION (2 SHOTS) 0.54 9. GV EL AL FRONTAGE 0.59 Initials AH/VS/DW/PC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 10th May 1970 13:00
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- Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Reuters ID: LVA7KK48LIOZTJWFEGBZJBSQ3MK2
- Story Text: A EXPLOSION DAMAGED OFFICES OF THE ISRAELI AIRLINE, EL AL, IN ISTANBUL TODAY (SATURDAY). FIRST REPORTS ATTRIBUTED THE BLAST TO ARAB TERRORISTS. ONE OF TWO POLICEMEN ON DUTY OUTSIDE THE OFFICES WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED.
AT FIRST THERE WERE CONFLICTING REPORTS OF THE TYPE OF EXPLOSIVE USED IN THE BLAST. BUT EL AL MANAGER CLEMENT HEMY CLAIMED IT WAS CAUSED BY PLASTIC EXPLOSIVE PLACED ON A GROUND-FLOOR WINDOW. IT SHATTERED WINDOWS IN THE OFFICES AND IN NEARBY APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
TURKISH POLICE SAID THAT THEY SUSPECTED THAT AL FATAH GUERILLAS WERE BEHIND THE EXPLOSION - THE LATEST OF A SERIES OF ATTACKS ON EL AL BUILDINGS AND AIRCRAFT DURING THE PAST SIXTEEN MONTHS. ONLY LAST WEEK TURKISH POLICE ARRESTED FOUR ARAB STUDENTS ON CHARGES OF RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS FOR AL FATAH.
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