FIERCE FIGHT
— TWENTY KILLED. RIOT FOLLOWS DANCE. BY CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT, LONDON. June 16. ' The Belgrade correspondent of the Daily Express reports that a church festival in the city developed into a most tragic conflict. The crowd were dancing outside the church when an enraged peasant fatally stabbed an onlooker on the grounds that he was showing improper attentions to his wife. Instantly sides were taken, and a fierce fight began. The police found 20 persons killed and 50 seriously injured.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 June 1924, Page 7
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81FIERCE FIGHT Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 June 1924, Page 7
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