A FREE FIGHT
TWENTY KILLED IN BELG-BADEj (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTRIOHT.) (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) , -v ■■ J LONDON; 16th' Jun e .% ' •lhe- Belgrade correspondent of the "Daily Express" reports that i a church festival in that city developed into a most tragic conflict. A crowd was dancing outside the.church when an enraged peasant fatally stabbed'an onlooker on the grounds that he was showing improper attentions to the " peasant's wife. Instantly sides were taken and a fierce fight began, inwhidi tha murderers friends, armerl with revolvers and- knives',prevented pursuit. The police^ found that 20 persons.. were, killeJ^ ailcl SO seriously injured. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1924, Page 6
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99A FREE FIGHT Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1924, Page 6
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