TREACHERY IN INDIA
(Rec. 2 p.m.) NEAV DELHI, Sept. 24. It was disclosed in the Legislative Assembly that a mob masse J ed the surviving members of the crew of a military plane which orasiied on August 25 west of Narayanpur, in Bihar Province. The pilot was the only man killed as a result of the crash. ....... ... One British officer and four other ranks, part of a protective detachment, wore ambushed at Murhowrah, in Bihar Province, and speared or beaten to death. Two R.A.F. officers who were ordinary passengers on a train and who were not identified with the quelling of disturbances were hacked to deatli by a mob which stoned and later burned the train. The bodies ol the officers were paraded through the town on a cart and then thrown into a river. Two were killed and two injured when a bomb exploded in Aligarth (United Provinces) station. A passenger left the bomb in a box. 'Pile police thought the box was lost property and were removing it when it exploded.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 254, 25 September 1942, Page 2
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