Evening star., 1954-10-27
egyptian Mob Fires
ypsIem Office After
Nasser Escapes Shots
BY HE As.eeleisd Press

NdSseT escapes 0n0fs
BY shs Asseeiessd Press
CAIRO, Oct. 27.Shouting
crowds fired the Moslem Broth
erhood's headquarters today In
protest against the Alexandria
attempt to assassinate Premier
Canal Abdel Nasser and then
turned out In cheering thousands
to give him q hero's welcome
home.
Mob violence hared after It
was announced the gunman who
fired the eight shots last night
was a member Of the brother
hood, q fanatical political-re-
ligious organization which has
attacked the Premier for sign
ing the compromise British
Egyptian treaty for British evac-
uation of the Suez Canal zone.
Col. Nasser escaped injury.
"A crowd Of 500 broke into the
brotherhood's two-story head
quarters here about noon,
smashed furniture and windows
and set the building aflame.
Then the demonstrators started
a fire In an adjacent building
which formerly housed the
brotherhood's magazine. They
shouted. Death to the Moslem
brothers" No one was injured
In the attacks, but both build,
ings were considerably damaged
before firemen got things un-
der control.
Police Roundup Begins.
A communique =. said "some
students and some workers" were
involved.
At the same time. police
roundup Of brotherhood mem
bers was under way. The gov
ernment announced more than
so arrests. Unofficial reports put
the total much higher. Four of
the brotherhood's supreme coun-
ciimen were among Al picked up
in Cairo.
Col. Nasser arrived from Alex
andria by train in midafternoon,
smiling and embracing men who
broke through the station bar
riers to greet him. Nearly 10O.-
600 persons jammed the railway
station square to honor the &C.
year-old chief of the military
government, the man who mas
terminded the dethronement of
King Farouk in 1852.
God bless Canal" the throng
chanted. Canal is the hero of
the revolution"
Enthusiasts Leap Into Car.
Some enthusiasts jumped into
the Premier's open convertible
as he drove slowly through the
square, and he embraced them,
too.
The Transport Workers Union,
one of the governments strong
supporters, closed down all the
streetcar and bus services to
send workers to- the reception.
Two lines of army officers
cleared the way for the buoyant
government leader within the
railway station. He waved a
white handkerchief to the crowd,
but did not stop to make a
speech.
In Alexandria an Official
source told newsmen the gunmen,
who first said he fired the shots
as an expression of JOY as Col.
Nasser addressed a throng on
the SueZ agreement, had con-
fessed he was sent to Alex
andria for the express purpose
of shooting the Premier. I'll
The prisoner is Mahmoud
Abdel Latif, 32-year -old Cairo
tinsmith. Alexandria authorities
said he implicated Cairo officials
OF the Moslem Brotherhood. He
was flown to Cairo this morning
for further questioning. Three
other men also had been nabbed
as suspects.
Brotherhood Involvement Denied.
dn Damascus, the leader of
the Syrian branch of the Moslem
Brotherhood, Sheik Mustafa
Sibai, denied the Brotherhood
was responsible. He said it "be-
lieves in good, denounces politi-
cal assassination and never
practices it.")
The eight shots at Alexandria
were deliberately spaced. Col.
Nasser told the startled crowd
the shots were a criminals at
tempt against my life" Then.
against the advice of his aides,
he resumed his speech.
In the incident last night in
Alexandria's Liberation Square,
an electric light bulb near the
Premier was shattered by one
bullet and two minor officials
were cut by flying glass.
The 36-year-old Nasser con-
tinued his speech and two hours
later the Egyptian state broad
casting system rebroadcaSt the
address. Listeners could hear
the shots and Col. Nasser's emo
tion-packed shouts to the crowd.
Injured by flying glass were
Marghani Hanna, Sudanese min
lister of education and agricul-
ture. and Ahmed Badr, secre-
tary of the Alexandria branch
of Col. Nasser's liberation rally.
They were seated near Nasser
on the raised platform.
Col. Nasser is the leader Of the
Egyptian military revolution
council that ousted King Fa-
rouk July 26. 1862. A lieutenant
colonel in the army, he was
wounded In the Palestine War
in 1948.
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