TEN HINDUS SHOT
ATTACKED BY A MOSLEM. SEQUEL TO BOYS’ QUARREL. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegreph—Copyright.) DELHI, April 25. (Received April 25, at 11.30 p.m.) Ten Hindus were' shot by a Moslem in Jacobabad, in the Sind district. Two men aiid a woman were killed instantly, three men died later, and four were seriously injured. The crime is the 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 holur 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 oyer a large area.—Australian Press Association.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20701, 26 April 1929, Page 11
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