MURDERED WHILE ASLEEP
FOUR R.A.F. MEN IN BATAVIA (Rec. 1.10 p.m.) LONDON, June 12. An R.A.F. regiment, sentry at Medan airfield found four Qf his comrades with their throats cut and mutilating wounds, says the Batavia correspondent of the “Daily Mail.” They were murdered while sleeping in the guard tent by a number of Indonesians from North Sumatra, who escaped. . j , , A punitive expedition went out nt dawn, but found no trace of the gang.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 206, 13 June 1946, Page 6
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