Murders In Cork.
OUTCOME OF EXECUTIONS. GUNMEN ATTACK SOLDIERS. UNARMED MEN SHOT DOWN. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) London, March 1. As the outcome of the Cork executions. gunmen attacked soldiers in a street of Cork, killing five and wounding eleven. A number of civilians were also wounded. It is rumoured in Cork that several persons recently disappeared, and that it is believed they were kidnapped, their fate depending on the fate of the six men executed. An official report states that the soldiers murdered were unarmed. The crowd outside the barracks at Cork during the executions recited prayers and then dispersed quietly, but the city is excited. The tension, which increased hourly, culminated at dark in a number of encounters between soldiers and civilians. Two soldiers were killed and six soldiers and several civilians wounded. General Strickland has ordered all persons to be indcors at six o’clock in future. —(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XI, Issue 63, 2 March 1921, Page 5
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