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Bombs Thrown at British Troop Train Near Cairo; Was En Route to Palestine

January 6, 1947
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Three bombs were tonight thrown at a train carrying British troops to Palestine at a point eight miles north of Cairo.

Early reports of the incident state that eleven soldiers were wounded, three seriously. There is no indication as to who threw the bombs, nor whether the attackers were intercepted.

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