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FOURTEEN DEAD AS RESULT OF MOSLEM AND HINDU RIOTING

Police Quell at First; later Fresh Encounters SERIOUS DISTURBANCE , NEAR CALCUTTA Suited Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Sunday, 5.5 p.m. DELHI, Juno 3b. Fourteen are dead and many injured as tho result of a riot between Hindus and Moslems during tao Mos»s.a Mohurrum procession at Ivhargpur, near Calcutta. Tho Moslems were carrying an image past a Sikh.’s temple with music when the procession was attacked by tho latter. I ' Armed police and troops were called cut and quiet restored, but later the Moslems beat a Hindu coolio to death with rods.

A fierce fight ensued between the communities. Eight were killed outright. In a fresh outbreak five were killed, including two women.

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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6650, 2 July 1928, Page 8

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FOURTEEN DEAD AS RESULT OF MOSLEM AND HINDU RIOTING Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6650, 2 July 1928, Page 8

FOURTEEN DEAD AS RESULT OF MOSLEM AND HINDU RIOTING Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6650, 2 July 1928, Page 8