RIOTERS KILLED
ARMED MOB IN BEIRUT. STUDENTS AND LOOTERS. INCENDIARY SPEECHES MADE. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) BETRUT, February 7. Troops, after once dispersing them, were forced to fire on a mob of armed students and looters who, excited by incendiary speeches in Lama Square, careered through the streets, and smashed windows. Four rioters wore killed outright and three died of wounds. The troops checked the trouble at Homs, whither the rioting extended. MOB ARMED WITH SWORDS. ZANZIBAR POLICE ATTACKED. INDIAN DIES OF WOUNDS. . (Received This Day, 12.25 p.m.) ZANZIBAR, Feb. 7. A mob armed with swords, demonstrating against the law to prevent adulteration of exportable copra, severely wounded three European police officers whom they cut down in an attack. An Iriclian officer died of wounds. Armed police restored order.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 100, 8 February 1936, Page 5
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