COMMUNAL RIOT
HINDUS AND MOSLEMS CLASH . MANY PEOPLE KILLED AND INJURED Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright CALCUTTA, April 19. ■Twenty-two people were killed and 200 injured in a communal riot between Hindus and Moslems at Ahmedabad. Looting and incendiarism broke out, and the military was called out as a precaution. A message from Bombay states that police and soldiers fired several shots when cases of incendiarism occurred. The Government has sent strong reinforcements of armed police and is arranging to send additional troops.
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Evening Star, Issue 23865, 21 April 1941, Page 3
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82COMMUNAL RIOT Evening Star, Issue 23865, 21 April 1941, Page 3
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