An Arab youth from Acre was arrested yesterday in connection with last week’s sabotage of an oil pipeline carrying fuel for ships from the Haifa Bay refineries to the Haifa port area. The arrest brings to 16 the number of persons held on suspicion as an investigation of the blast continues. Acre, a largely Arab town across the bay from Haifa, is the home of many Arab refinery workers. The line was expected to be fully operational today.
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