American military police in Austria believe that they have uncovered Irgunist activities in Austria following the confession of a Polish Jewish DP that he acted as “look-out” man for four other Jews who are alleged to have planted a landmine which blew up a British troop train in the Austrian Alps last Tuesday.
The arrested man, Heinoch Gosaior, a samp policeman at a DP center at Bad Gastein, near Salzburg, was picked up several hours before the explosion for travelling on a train some 50 miles from his home camp without a pass. He named three of the four other Jews involved in the incident and the military police believe that the others are linked to the Irgun. The other men have not yet been apprehended. The British have requested the extradition of Gossior.
As a result of the arrest of the DP, it was revealed that American and British military police have been cooperating in the hunt for extremists in Austrian DP camps. Following the execution of several Jews in Palestine recently, a series of posters were found at the Bad Gastein camp announcing that the death of the Jews would be avenged.
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