The World - News from Aug. 18, 1986
An explosion demolished an automobile in Toulon, France, killing four suspected terrorists. The French news service Agence France-Presse, quoting unidentified police sources, said investigators believe the four people in the car were terrorists killed by the premature detonation of their own bomb. The blast in the central market of the Mediterranean coastal city blew the car to pieces and started a fire that destroyed a baby goods store. Police did not identify the four victims.
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