DASTARDLY OUTRAGES

Northern Advocate, 8 June 1933, Page 5

DASTARDLY OUTRAGES

ESCAPE OF M. VENIZELOS WIPE SEVERELY WOUNDED. PERGONAL GUARD EXPTRF.G. (United Press Association —P.y Electric Telegraph —Copyright.) (Received 0 a.m.) ATHENS, June 7. In the attempt made upon the life of M. Venizelos by an unknown man who fired upon the ear in which the ex-Prime Minister and party were travelling, Madame Venizelos was wounded by four bullets. The personal guard succumbed subsequently to bis wounds. The chauffeur, though badly wounded, drove pluckily to Athens, in spite of the fact that one tyre was punctured by bullets, of which ’JO struck the car. Madame Venizelos formerly was Miss Helen Sehilizzi, a member of a well-known Greek family in England. She married M. Venizelos in HIM. It is believed that Hie outrage was committed in revenge for executions during M. Venizelos' Prime Ministership. At. Tsaldaris, the present Prime Alinistol* is personally directing the search for the assailant. OVER HUNDRED SHOTS. DUMDUM. BULLETS USED. PUP SUIT FOP THREE MILES. (Received 11..‘10 a.m.) LONDON, June 7. Regarding the attempt on his life which was made last night while he and his ’wife were motoring to Athens, M. Venizelos states that the occupants of a seven-scater car placed themselves between his own and his escort’s ear and opened fire. “I took my wife in my arms and crouched on the floor. i asked her whether she was hit and she replied ‘no,’ but later T saw blood on the floor of the car. T ordered the chauffeur to go full speed for Athens, but the assassins eonUnued firing for three miles, n 'The “Evening News” 'Athens correspondent states that M. AAnizelos' only injury was a cut on the face by broken glass. Two members of his bodyguard were wounded. Madame Venizelos was hit in the leg four times and there were fifteen bullet marks on her clothing. Over 100 shots wore fired, half of them striking the ear. The assassins used dumdum, bullets, AT, Venizelos has been repeatedly warned of a plot against him, but he had ignored the warnings, apart from a bodyguard.

THE EERLIH CRIME. AFGHAN MINISTER'S DEATH. ASSASSIN HAS NO REGRETS. (Received 0 a.m.) LONDON, June 7. The Berlin correspondent of the “News Clironielo^ ’ says that Kemal Syod, wire shot at and fatally wounded Sirdar Az/.iz Khan, Afghan Minister and son of the King of Afghanistan, declared that he did not regret the assassination. He added: “T am ready to die for my country, ”

Syod admitted that ho belonged to a revolutionary group which was seeking to overthrow the present regime in Afghanistan. He said he had waited 45 minutes to see tlio Ambassador, whom he excitedly accused of “selling his country to the English.”