Lehi bombing of Haifa police station | |
Location: | Haifa police station, Haifa, Mandatory Palestine |
Partof: | Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine |
Fatalities: | 4 killed |
Injuries: | 142 injured |
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Perpetrator: | Lehi |
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On January 12, 1947, the Lehi, a Zionist paramilitary group, bombed the British police station in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine with a truck laden with explosives.[1] [2] [3] It has been described as the first car bombing in history. The attack killed 4 and injured 142, and it ended a truce in Mandatory Palestine.
The attack occurred during the Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine.