A young Jewish girl, A. Nahman, was mortally wounded in Setif when a bomb exploded in the city’s Jewish section, authorities reported today. The girl was tossed 20 feet in the blast.
A number of Jewish passers-by were wounded but their names and the degree of their injuries were not disclosed. The attack has shocked the local Jewish community.
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