MINISTER SHOT.
Ex-Police Inspector Is
Arrested.
OUTRAGE AT BAGDAD
(Received 11 a.m.)
BAGDAD, January 18.
A former jK>lice inspector entered the office of the Finance Minister, Rustani Haidar, and shot him with a revolver.
The ex-inspector was arrested
Rustani Haidar was taken to hospital. Tho bullet entered his side and passed through his abdomen. His condition is grave. His assailant was dismissed four years ago owing to bad conduct.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 7
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