One man was killed and a second seriously injured when a terrorist bomb hidden in an empty paint can exploded early this morning opposite a maternity hospital and near Government offices here. Sixty-one-year old Kalmann Unger of suburban Ramat Gan was killed when the bomb exploded about 6 a.m. near a kiosk where he sells bus tickets and newspapers. The other man, Zeev Ehrlich, 50, was seriously injured as he waited for a bus near the kiosk which is about one and a half miles from the center of Tel Aviv on the main road to Petach Tikva.
The terrorist bomb damaged the passenger shelter at the bus station and shattered windows in the area. There was very little movement in the area at the time, police said. The area was immediately cordoned off and some 30 Arab suspects were picked up in Tel Aviv and in other points around the country. Checkpoints were immediately established at entrances to Tel Aviv and a number of people were interrogated. Traffic was back to normal a short time afterward.
Municipal authorities said they planned to meet with Army officials to take steps to set up a civil defense organization in the city. On June 30,11 persons were injured when a bomb planted by terrorists exploded near Dizengoff Street in the heart of Tel Aviv’s busy commercial and cafe section.
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