BRAWL IN CAMP
ITALIANS AND SICILIANS NUMBER OF CASUALTIES Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright (Rec. 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 11. Fascist and anti-Fascist elements are reported to have been' involved in an early morning brawl at a prisoner-of-war camp. One Italian was killed'and several others were injured. ■■■ Guards, attracted by the shouts of the prisoners, found a yelling mob in which small knives were being wielded, and some prisoners were lying wounded on the ground. ] Little information has been released about the incident, but pro-Fascist Italians and pro-British Sicilians are believed to have been concerned. It is understood that no Sicilians were injured, but two Italians are on the seriously-wounded list, and about four others are receiving treatment.
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Evening Star, Issue 25225, 12 July 1944, Page 4
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116BRAWL IN CAMP Evening Star, Issue 25225, 12 July 1944, Page 4
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