SHOOTING AFFRAYS
STRIFE IN PALESTINE WIDESPREAD DISORDERS CONTINUE I United Press Aasociailon-By Elecfrio Telegraph -Copyright] (Received 19th October, 9 a.m.) JERUSALEM, 18th October. Widespread disorders and shooting continue in Palestine. The casualties include both Jews, and Arabs. A Jewish boy aged 11 was killed by shots from brigands in the Yemenle Settlement. Other Jews and British subjects came under fire during several spasmodic attacks, An Arab, Kcmal Alarni, who was recently recruited to the Police Investigation Department, was shot dead. Children eye-witnesses told of a young Jewish tailor who was stabbed while sitting in a field reading. The children said an Arab stabbed him five times in the stomach. His condition is critical.
A bus carrying workers to Jerusalem after working in an American quarry near Motza was heavily fired on, but there were no casualties. A Jewish motor car travelling from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was ambushed, the shots causing the car to overturn. The driver i and four passengers were injured, two seriously. An ambulance arrived, and was also fired on. The police replied, a machine-gun causing some casualties. A fine of £9OOO imposed on Lydda city in 1936 having been only partially collected, it has been reimposed and the inhabitants confined to their houses except for two hours daily.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 19 October 1937, Page 5
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