Several sticks of dynamite exploded in a residential area of West Jerusalem this morning but caused no injuries or damage. A passerby was hospitalized for minor shock. Police immediately rounded up scores of Arabs in the vicinity but all but two were released by noon. The blast was the first terrorist act in West Jerusalem in many months. There have been several recent cases of sabotage in the Arab areas of East Jerusalem. Police are taking precautionary measures against a possible upsurge of terrorist activity here during the Passover holiday.
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