GAOL MUTINY

Evening Star, Issue 25776, 26 April 1946, Page 8

GAOL MUTINY

MAJORITY OF REBELS SURRENDER ALL HOSTAGES SAFE MILAN, April 24. The great majority of the rebels 'n San Vittore prison surrendered after they- had received an ultimatum that unless they surrendered the hostages, by 3.30 p.m. artillery, mortars, tanks. and infantry armed with machine guns would begin an all-out assault against them. Eleven hundred prisoners have already been sent to another gaol. They emerged two by _ two through breaches in the walls, with their hands above their heads. All the hostages are safe. Most of those who surrendered were terrified, and many were slightly wounded. A small group under tho leader, Eizio Barbieri, boasted that they would fight to the end. In an earlier battle police captured the prison infirmary, but a strong group of rioters surprised the police, : who were forced to, retreat, taking eight prisoners with them. The body of a man named Cordara, who wm leading the mutiny, was banded to Red Cross officials outside the prison.