TROOPS FIRE ON CROWD
GIBRALTAR, March. 12. ■ . The i rigorous searching, at the ..Spanish,.frontier of persons entering Spain front Gibraltar, which has long caused great I discontent/' culminated in a serious riot 'at; the customs house in .La Linea. this afterndon. , A nrowd of several thousands, mainly women and children, carrying, small quantities of provisions, attempted tp •rush the customs barriers. The:Spanish polico and' infantry that"we.ro called out fired on the crowd, killing two persons and wounding others. Thousands of '*panic-stricken, people rushed, teck to Gibraltar. '.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16628, 23 April 1928, Page 10
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