Bomb sent to Capt Farran kills his brother . A parcel bomb enclosed ina copy of Shakespeare's plays , and intended for Captain Roy Farran , whom the Palestine Stern gang threatened a year ago to " follow to the end of the world " , today killed his 26-year-old brother Rex Farran , when he opened the parcel at this home at Codsall , near Wolverhampton . The parcel had been posted in Britain . The explosion wrecked the room and blew out all the windows. Mr Farran was rushed to hospital with multiple injuries , but he died less than two hours after being admitted . Picture shows Mr Farran (father) extreme right , talks to Police offricers in the garden of his house at Histon's Hill ,. Codsall near Wolverhampton , after the explosion in the dining room , which resulted in the death of his son Rex . The dining room is seen with windows blown out . 3 May 1948.

Bomb sent to Capt Farran kills his brother . A parcel bomb enclosed ina copy of Shakespeare's plays , and intended for Captain Roy Farran , whom the Palestine Stern gang threatened a year ago to " follow to the end of the world " , today killed his 26-year-old brother Rex Farran , when he opened the parcel at this home at Codsall , near Wolverhampton . The parcel had been posted in Britain . The explosion wrecked the room and blew out all the windows. Mr Farran was rushed to hospital with multiple injuries , but he died less than two hours after being admitted . Picture shows Mr Farran (father) extreme right , talks to Police offricers in the garden of his house at Histon's Hill ,. Codsall near Wolverhampton , after the explosion in the dining room , which resulted in the death of his son Rex . The dining room is seen with windows blown out . 3 May 1948

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