MORE CLASHES IN TEL AVIV

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25253, 4 August 1947, Page 7

MORE CLASHES IN TEL AVIV

23 PERSONS HURT FIGHTING BEGINS DURING JEWISH FUNERAL ( Ree- 7 p.m.) JERUSALEM. August 1. Twenty-three persons were injured in clashes in Tel Aviv to-day. The incidents began during the funeral of the five Jews who were killed during the rioting in Tel Aviv last night Many of the 5000 persons in the procession panicked after three separate bursts of gpnfire had been directed at them. I Most of the injuries occurred when the crowd crushed

Jewish sources said that the clashes began when a Royal Air Force armoured car attempted to crash its way through the funeral procession. Angry Jews turned on the car which roared off, firing shots in the air. A crowd which attacked Barclay® Bank tore down the outer door before police with baton? drove them back. Another group overturned an Army lorry, set it oh fire, and stoned the General Post Office. British military headquarters says that no British troops were involved in the clashes. “Troops of the Coldstream and Grenadier Guards have moved to certain districts of Tel Aviv to help the police keep order,” says the “Daily Mails” correspondent in Tel Aviv. “The clashes began when a police armoured car inadvertently arrived in the street outside the Great Synagogue during the funeral service for the five Jews killed yesterday. “Jews tried to drag out the driver, and the turret gunner fired over the heads of the crowd which refused to disperse. The police car accelerated to get away and injured three civilians. i “The crowd then made for Barclay! Bank and stoned the guards and staff. “Jews armed with sticks and stones attacked a Royal Air Force car in another district of Tel Aviv. They lay down in the street and halted the car. When the mob surrounded it the occupants fired a few shots, which wounded three Jews.” Earlier, it was announced in Jerusalem that appropriate action would b® taken regarding the riots in Tel Aviv yesterday, and that the Army and police were guarding against a possible recurrence of similar incidents.