KARACHI RIOTS
INQUIRY INTO SHOOTING 15 Y BRITISH TROOPS. D \NGF.R AVERTED ONLY BY discipline. FIRED AT CRITICAL HOMES I TO SAVE LIVES. (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Rcc. April 10'. 8.10 p.m.) BOMBAY, April 9. The Government has issued a communique dealing with the investigations into the recent firing bj Bntish troops on a riotous Moslem mob at Karachi,, when 47 were killed and 124 injured. The opinion is expressed that the local officials made every possible effort to prevent the rioting, and tho situation was grave. Danger was averted only by discipline'and steadiness of the troops who, had they not bred at the .critical moment, would have been overwhelmed By A fanatical mob. The Governor of Bombay Lord B bourne, discussed the question wln the Viceroy, who concurred with the Bombay Government's findings »nti with its opinion ‘that 110 useful purpose would be served -by conducting a public inquiry, as it would, tend to embitter Hindn-Moslem feelings.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12526, 11 April 1935, Page 5
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