VILLAGE BATTLE.
SIX KILLED. 62 INJURED.
(United Press Association —Copyright.)
BELGRADE, January 23
A young man slapped a girl’s face in the village of Omarska, in Bosnia, upon which 500 peasants look part in a battle with knives, sticks, and revolvers, causing six to be killed and 62 injured, some severely. An old feud between the Serbian and Mohammedan sections of the population has been brewing for a long time. The battle lasted throughout the dav
The police were reinforced by the military, and three houses were demolished.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 89, 25 January 1938, Page 5
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