THRILLS AT MECCA
ATTEMPT TO KILL KING TRIBESMEN SHOT [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.) Recd. March 16, 11 a.m.) .MECCA, March 15. While King Ibn Saud, and the Crown Prince, Jir Saud, in the course of a pilgrimage, were making the fourth of the seven customary circumambulations of the Mosque El Haram, containing the Kaaba and black stone, objects of particular veneration for Mohemmedans, three members of the Zeid tribe from Yemen, armed with daggers, rushed them in an attempt at assassination. The Crown Prince grappled and threw off the foremost assailant. The Royal bodyguard shot dead the trio, considering the provocation warranted defying the ordinance against bloodshed in holy places. Father and son calmly completed the circumambulations. They received numerous congratulations and . deputations in addition to those customary in connection with the ceremony of Id El Adha, which consists of the sevenfold , encirclement of Kaaba, as the termination of the devotions.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 March 1935, Page 7
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