THREE POLICE KILLED.
DARING JEWEL THIEVES- ' A FIERCE BATTLE. (BT CABUI-r**M ASSOCUTIOIC—COPTJHSHY.) (SiDKnr "Bus" (Received November 11th, 9.20 p.m.) LONDON, November 11. The Paris correspondent of tlift "Evening News" reports that » chauffeur named Royart stole a motorcar at Casablanca and drove tot Tetuan. picking up en route two accomplices. The police attempted to intercept them, and a fierce battle foI» lowed, in which three of the police wero shot dead and four wounded. The desperadoes then systematically visited jewellers' shops in Tetuan, stole gems worth £20,000 and escaped. Tho police, armed with machino guns, pursued the robbers, and another tight took place on tho FrenchMoroccan border lasting for two hours, in which all thro* bandits wero seriously wounded. The missing gems were discovered in tho car.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19156, 12 November 1927, Page 17
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