ARMED ARAB GANG
PRACTICALLY WIPED OUT I ENGAGEMENT WITH TROOPS | JERUSALEM, June;: 6. An Arab gang, which it is bel|ieved was connected with the shootings at Kwakilieh on June 2, was practically wiped out near Tulkarem in an engagement with the Second Battalion of the Leicestershire ; Regiment. At least 14 Arabs • were killed and scores were wounded. It is believed that the deafhs will reach 35. y Arab villagers south of (Nablus captured a gang of 12 armed Arabs who had terrorised the coumtryside for a year and handed themjover to a British detachment. j
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23829, 8 June 1939, Page 11
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95ARMED ARAB GANG Otago Daily Times, Issue 23829, 8 June 1939, Page 11
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