On 6 July 1977, a pipe bomb exploded in a vegetable stand in Petah Tikva, Israel. One person was killed and 22 were injured in the attack.[1][2][3]
According to police, the bomb consisted of explosives in a metal pipe which was hidden under a fruit vendor's cart on Baron Hirsch Street in the center of town.[2]
The bombing at the Petah Tikva marketplace started nationwide alarm, with security forces searching public places for other concealed bombs. Security forces rounded up dozens of Arabs in response. According to a police spokesman, some were held to protect them from angry Israeli stallholders.[2]