SENTENCED TO DEATH
SIX ARAB TERRORISTS TRIAL BY MILITARY COURT JERUSALEM, Jan. 10. A military court sentenced to death six Arabs who were captured during an engagement on December 18. Royal Air Force planes discovered and machine-gunned armed terrorists lying in ambush in Hebron hills for the arrival of Major-general R. N. Connor, military commandant in the Jerusalem district, to attend the loyalty demonstrations. Infantry rushed up and a battle lasting six hours ensued, a pilot soldier being wounded, while the terrorists suffered casualties.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23705, 12 January 1939, Page 9
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84SENTENCED TO DEATH Otago Daily Times, Issue 23705, 12 January 1939, Page 9
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