PANIC PREVAILS IN LAHORE AS RIOTING SPREADS
(Rec. noon.) NEW DELHI, May 16. Police, troops, and fire fighters, who were targets for stones and brickbats, battled against widespread fires in Lahore as the communal rioting entered its third day. The authorities described the distuibances as serious* An unofficial report states that eight persons were killed and 23 injured when the police opened fire yesterday to quell the rioting during the period of curfew relaxation A later message says: The communal rioting spread to new areas inside the wallea city of Lahore to-day. A number of shops and houses are in flames. A despatch from the city says that panic prevails
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Evening Star, Issue 26103, 17 May 1947, Page 7
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110PANIC PREVAILS IN LAHORE AS RIOTING SPREADS Evening Star, Issue 26103, 17 May 1947, Page 7
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