Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Egypt'sPremiier
.Assassinated by
MosIen1 Student
Nokroshy Posho Shot
By Youth Disguised
As Policeman
BY the Associated Press

CAIRO, Dec. 28.-Prlme Min
lister Mahmoud FANNY No.
krashy Pasha was assassinated
today by student. The shoot
/ ing occurred in the Ministry of
Interior.
The killer, who fired five fatal
shots and tried in vain to end his
own life, was declared to belong to
the outlawed Moslem Brotherhood
Association, which has accused the
6o-year-old premier of weakness in
the war against the Jews in Pales-
tine. The killer wore police uni
form he said he bought in an old
clothes market"
Nokrashy Pasha died within five
minutes. He uttered no last word.
King Farouk, government minist-
ers and diplomats Immediately paid
respects to the man who had headed
Egypts government most of the
time since the war ended.
| The assassins name was with
held. He was placed under arrest
at once.
Troops Locked in Battle.
The killing came at critical time
when Egyptian troops were locked
in a six-day battle in Southern
Palestine. Egypt has accused Israel
of Haunting United Nations cease
fire orders in forcing the battle back
near the Egyptian border.
A policeman who belonged to
Nokrashy Pasha's bodyguard gave
this account of the assassination:
The killer went to the Interior
Ministry few minutes before the
Prime Minister arrived. One po-
liceman tried to evict him but an
other vouched for the student. who
was allowed to remain. When No.
krashy Pasha arrived, the assassin
saluted with one hand and fired
with the other. The bodyguard and
other police threw the killer to the
floor.
The guess about Nokrashy Pasha's
successor veered between former
Premier Mustapha Nahas Pasha and
the aged independent, Sidky Pasha.
Nahas Pasha himself was the tar
get of a would-be assassin in No.
vember. He was uninjured by a
grenade thrown at his home.
Headed Saadist Party.
The Premier headed the Saadist
Party, which he helped form after
being expelled in 1887. from the
Nationalist Wafd Party. Ahmed
Maher Pasha. who was leader of
the Saadist Party before Nokrashy
Pasha, was assassinated in 1915.
Ministers Of the government issued
a statement saying:
The prime minister was assassi-
mated by criminal hand at a time
when the country was in the great
lest need of his sincere patriotism,
his unique courage, wide experience
and complete honesty"
Stanton Griffls, American Ambas-
sador appointed to direct U. N. re-
lief for Palestine refugees, expressed
his regret. Delbert E. Replogle of
Philadelphia, the Quaker appointed
to direct distribution of refugee re-
lief in Southern Palestine, said he
had "a very warm spot in my
heart" for the slain premier.
Violence Charged to Group.
In outlawing the Moslem Broth
erhood, the Prime Minister charged
the group with responsibility for
violence which caused several
deaths. The order followed a series
of explosions in Cairo business
establishments.
Last year Nokrashy Pasha went
to the United Nations session in
New York to plead Egypt's case for
evacuation of British troops from
the Suez Canal Zone.
He sent Egyptian troops into
Palestine when the British mandate
over the Holy Land ended to COM
bat what he called aggression by
terrorist Zionist gangs
Nokrashy Pasha was educated