GRUESOME MURDER.
CRIME IN ALGERIA.
DIVORCED WOMAN'S FATE.
LONDON. July 11
A message from Oran, Algeria, says a most gruesome murder was revealed by the discovery of 31 pieces of a woman s body strewn in the streets. The remains had been dismembered with anatomical skill. Identification of the victim was only made possible by a tattoo mark. She was a wealthy middle-aged Moorish woman, Ben Afsa Kliadidjda, who had resided at Sidi Bellabes, the headquarters of the Foreign Legion. The woman was the divorced wife of >a rich merchant. Detectives are closely questioning the husband 'and son.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21233, 13 July 1932, Page 9
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