JERUSALEM: POLICE SEIZE 130 ARABS FOR QUESTIONING AFTER BOMB EXPLOSION IN SUPERMARKET

Record ID: 358415

  • Title: JERUSALEM: POLICE SEIZE 130 ARABS FOR QUESTIONING AFTER BOMB EXPLOSION IN SUPERMARKET
  • Date: 30th September 1972
  • Summary: 1. SV Policeman directing traffic outside supermarket 0.08 2. SV INT. Dust-filled supermarket 0.11 3. SV Crowd outside supermarket 0.14 4. SV Police car arriving 0.21 5. SV Police enter market 0.26 6. SV Policeman 0.29 7. SV INT. Supermarket & police & workers (3 shots) 0.45 8. SV Detained Arabs taken away in police v
  • Embargoed: 15th October 1972 13:00
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  • Location: Jerusalem
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  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVAADJXGNJXRF37PYYBQW608UQ0B
  • Story Text: Police seized more than 130 Arabs in Jerusalem on Friday (September 29) after a bottle bomb exploded in a crowded supermarket -- injuring three women. The area was immediately sealed off, and the Arabs - working nearby - were taken into custody.

    It was the second time that the supermarket has been the scene of violence. The first incident took place in 1969, when two students died in a guerrilla attack there.

    Among the victims in Friday's bombing was the wife of a diplomat at the Venezuelan Embassy.

    SYNOPSIS: In Jerusalem on Friday a supermarket in the busy town centre -- crowded with shoppers buying for the last day of a religious feast -- was bombed by raiders. They planted a home-made bottle bomb in the beverages department, and three women were hurt in the blast. One of them was the wife of a diplomat at the Venezuelan Embassy.

    It was the second time in three years the supermarket has been the scene of violence. In 1968, two students died in a guerrilla attack here.

    Police sealed off the area almost immediately, and seized more than a hundred and thirty Arabs working nearby. They took them to police stations for questioning.
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