INDIAN RIOTING
HINDU'MOHAMMEDAN CLASH NUMEROUS CASUALTIES Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright CALCUTTA, Alay 14. (Received Alay 15, at 9.35 a.m.) Three Alohammedans were killed and twenty Hindus and Alohammedans seriously injured .when sever© communal rioting occurred in the Shamnugger jute mill area, twenty miles from Calcutta. The trouble started with the stabbing of a Hindu leader, and the enraged Hindus swept into the Alohammedan quarter and assaulted everybody indiscriminately. The pent-up feelings of the Alohammedans then, gave way, and the battles were fought out in the streets and bazaars. The local police _ were unable to cope with the situation, but reinforcements restored order. Fifty arrests were made.
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Evening Star, Issue 21720, 15 May 1934, Page 18
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105INDIAN RIOTING Evening Star, Issue 21720, 15 May 1934, Page 18
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