Heinz Galinski, chairman of the West Berlin Jewish community, narrowly escaped death from a parcel bomb mailed to his office in the West Berlin Jewish Community Center. On opening the parcel, he found a cigar box. Galinski, a non-smoker, immediately called the police who removed the object in a bomb disposal van where it exploded but caused no harm. Explosive experts examined the bomb fragments but police said they had no clues to the identity of the sender.
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