SERIOUS RIOTING
AT CALCUTTA <!>,.v Lied.-ie Tclcfrraiili Copyright) lAußiralian & N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON. April 2. A despatch from t alclitta slates that serious Hindu and .Moslem riots occurred. Several were killed and many were injured. The riots were confined to the north ei'n pari of the city. MANY FATALITIES DELHI, April 5. Calcutta, advices state that a HinduMoslem riot, which broke mil yesterday spread to-day. The night was calm, hul a series of free lights occurred as a result of which fifty are reported injured and ten killed. The trouble a rase owin gto fire at the mosque in the centre of the city which Mohammedans attributed to incendiarism by Hindus. In the course of the ensuing rioting which broke out in widely .scattered parts, shops were looted." petrol stores and private dwellings set on lire, and Uw a time the mob ruled. I'glv rumours spread bill quid was restored. Later (here was widespread reerudes cence of the disturbance. Shops wire looted and several mosque temples dese crated. It is reported that hundreds were wounded and twelve killed. Police and military brottghl the situation under ci nirol and Ira flic has been restored.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 5 April 1926, Page 5
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193SERIOUS RIOTING Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 5 April 1926, Page 5
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