BERLIN RIOTS.
POLICE FIRED ON. Communists Call Workers In Germany. BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS. (Australian and X.Z. Press Association.) (Received 2.30 p.m.) BERLIN, 3,lav 2. Following a day of comparative quiet the Communists to-night smashed the street lamps, threw up barricades, and fired on the police reinforcements which were hurried to the spot. The police returned the fire, wounding several and then surrounded the Communists' headquarters. The Communists who have not abandoned their hopes are exploiting the situation and calling on the workers of Germany to join the gigantic fight as a protest against the "blood bath caused by the inhuman Berlin police." until all those arrested are released. Strikes have already broken out at the Hamburg shipyards and the Ruhr coal mines. Figures show that ten are dead and 16(j injured. Buildings in the neighbourhood of the fighting were heavily scarred by machine gun and rifle bullets. Charges of murder have been levelled at some of the 1000 arrested.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 103, 3 May 1929, Page 10
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