MURDERS OF HINDUS.
TEN LIVES FOE ONE.
WILD CRIME OF REVENGE.MOSLEM TRIBESMEN'S OATH. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. (Received April '2G. 12.45 a.m.) DELHI, April 25. Ten Hindus wero shot l>v a Moslem at Jacobabad in the Sind district. Two men and a woman were killed instantly, three men died later, and four wero seriously injured. The crime is a sequel to an attack by. a Moslem boy on a Hindu boy. The Hindu boy's relatives threw the Moslem boy from a window and killed him. The Moslem's relations, who are wild hill tribesmen, swore to take 10 lives for one.The man who was chosen to commit the crime shot all the victims in half an hour in one district. The Hindus in Jacobabad are now panic-stricken, and have left the town, where the shops are closed, as they fear repercussions over a large area. "" •
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20239, 26 April 1929, Page 13
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