Evening star., 1942-06-05
British Weapons Used
In Fatal Attack on
Heydrich, Nazis Say
Bomb Was Tossed at Car
After Pistol foiIed,
Germun Radio Asserts
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN From German Broad
casts, June 5.-The fatal attack on
Reichsprotector Reinhard Heydrich
was carried out by both bomb and
automatic pistol made in Britain
the German radio said yesterday
in a dispatch from Prague giving
the first complete German version
OF the assassination.
Heydrich. Reichsprotector of Bo-
hemia and Moravia and second In
command of the Gestapo, died yes
terday of wounds received nine days
ago.
The dispatch, written by the
Transocean News Agency CORE
spondent, Joseph Schmidt, follows
investigations of the attempt on
the life of Reinhard Heydrich
showed beyond a doubt that the
weapons used were of British make,
according to an official statement
issued here.
Waited Behind Corner.
The following details were made
known:
THE attempt on the life of Hey
drich was carried out on a steep
hairpin curve which did not enable
the driver to look far ahead of him.
The perpetrators waited behind a
corner so that the driver, who had
to slow down, saw one only In the
last minute when he was close to
the mudguard with the automatic
pistol already raised.
This pistol, which he had con-
cealed beneath his coat, failed, how
ever. He threw it away and ran
away. The weapon is of British
make. The same automatic pistols
were found in the possession of
some parachute agents who had
been dropped by British planes over
the protectorate.
"At the side of the first perpetra-
tor having the automatic pistol was
a second man, who threw bomb.
He had to throw it very quickly lest
it should explode in his hand.
Therefore, he threw it at the right
inner side of the car.
The bomb exploded in the direc-
ton in which it was thrown, tore
the right side and destroyed the
rear of the inside of the car.
Only Two Men in Car.
The deputy Reichsprotector
CHeydrich), however, sat next to the
driver. There was no one else in
the car. One fragment of the bomb
flew to the right, pierced the seat
and hit Heydrich. OF this bomb only
small particles and the cap re-
mained.
Two bags. carried over their
shoulders, were left behind by the
perpetrators. One reserve bomb was
found In each. Both are Of British
make. They both have the same
fusing as those used by the British
military against German tanks in
Africa. Their construction is very
dangerous, especially for him who
uses the weapon.
THE perpetrator did not even
have time to raise the bomb to the
height of the head and throw it
into the interior of the car He
had to be content with throwing it
away from him against the car
and fleeing.
British Ammunition.
"The perpetrator who had wanted
to fire the shots from the auto
matte pistol used his pocket re-
volver when he was pursued. Ex-
animation of the cartridges also
disclosed the British origin of the
weapon Colts and of the ammu-
milton.
Pistols and ammunition Of the
same kind were discovered in the
possession of captured parachute
agents. Other weapons found in
their possession are marked 'Geco'
and 'Kyno'."
The Germans previously had
linked the assassination with Brit
ish agents alleged to have been
dropped in the protectorate by
parachute.