LOOTING OF SHOPS
Catanian Inhabitants (Received August 8, 8.25 p.m.) LONDON, August 7. Catania was given over to an orgy of looting by the civilian population for three hours following upon the fall of city, says Reuter’s correspondent w th the Eighth Army. Ibe first British troops to pass through Catania in pursuit of the retreating Germans saw st r a “°® scenes as looters raided shops, and the local .police stood by helplessly tul British security troops arrived and restored order. ... „ . F Men and women engaged in wild fighting. slapping and scratching at ea other for the possession of the lew articles the Germans left behind, and even children fought for toys, which weic torn apart in the struggle. .
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 269, 9 August 1943, Page 5
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