Police yesterday arrested three Jewish refugees on suspicion of being implicated in the explosion aboard the Panamanian vessel Vrissi, which sank here on Friday. All refugees passing through the city were questioned.
It was disclosed that the British authorities in Italy last week a sked the (##)talian police to watch the Vrissi, which they suspected was being readied for carrying visaless Jews to Palestine.
(“Defenders of Arab Palestine,” a British group, yesterday notified the London (##)ess that it had been responsible for the Vrissi blast. Scotland Yard said today (##)hat it was investigating the persons behind the group, which has sent threatening letters to prominent Jews, including Benn Levy, Labor M.P.)
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