MORE SHOTS IN MADRID

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 April 1936, Page 7

MORE SHOTS IN MADRID

OUTBREAK AT FUNERAL DEATHS AND WOUNDINGS [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Received April 17, 1 p.m.) MADRID, April 17. The city, is-ablaze with indignation owing to a murderous/attack during the funeral of/a civil guard ensign, killed in the recent rioting. A group of youths near the barracks when the procession started, shouted “Long Live Spain,” and gave the Fas* cist salute, whereupon machine guns and revolvers opened fire on the crowd from windows and rooftops. v Civil Guards, promptly getting their reversed rifles into action, returned the snipers’ fusillade. Three were killed and' twenty wounded, including Andreas Heredia Couein, Fascist leader. Many were arrested. Socialists who' predominate in Parliament are popularly regarded as responsible for th‘e outrage, which" resulted in extra guards being-posted at the Cortes, upon which an attack is feared. The crowds, before and after the shooting, loudly cheered Gil Robles, he Catholic leader,- and . the chief mourner. PQLISH FATALITIES

POLICE OPPOSE PROCESSION

(Recd. April 17, 3 p.m.). WARSAW, April 16. Day-long rioting at Lwow originated in the funeral of two unemployed men, killed during the rioting on Tuesday. The police ordered their burial in the central cemetery, near the spot where they were shot, in order to prevent a demonstration. The workers wanted the interment to take place in a cemetery two and a-half miles away, thus enabling a procession through the city. Ten thousand turned out, heading tor the distant cemetery. The police opposed them, and fired, killing a woman. The infuriated crowd covered ..he body. Twelve dead were found in the streets, and eight died in hospital. It is believed that the casualties are greater, and include at least 200 wounded. A national broadcast blames the Communists for planning the demonstration and arming the workers.