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- ↑ "What caused the Simshar explosion?". Times of Malta. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- 1 2 "The Simshar Tragedy: Search for missing boy continues". The Malta Independent. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ↑ Jean Pierre Borg; Charlie Cauchi (2015). World Film Locations: Malta. Intellect Books. p. 74. ISBN 9781783204984.
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